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American Studies	Film & Screenwriting	Physics
African American Studies	Health and Medicine	Political Science
Art & Art History	History	Public Policy
Biology	International Studies	Psychology
Business & Economics	Legal Research	Religion
Chemistry	Math	Social Action And Justice
Communication	Music	Sociology & Social Work
Computer Science	Nutrition	Women's & Gender Studies
Education	Theatre Arts (Drama)
English	Philosophy

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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Newspapers & News Sources	Streaming Video
Special Collections & University Archives

Multidisciplinary Databases

These are great databases to start with, they cover a variety of article types (from popular to newspaper to scholarly) and give you cross-disciplinary results.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides full text coverage to peer-reviewed titles in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education and more.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering the Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.
EBSCOhost databases This link opens in a new window
Full-text databases and popular databases ranging from general reference collections to specially designed, subject-specific databases.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific journals, books and conference proceedings covering fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
ProQuest Databases This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary collection of scholarly and trade journals, newspapers, magazines, dissertations, working papers, case studies, and market reports.
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.
Taylor & Francis Social Science & Humanities Library This link opens in a new window
Access to peer reviewed journals covering Behavioral Science; Education; Business, Management & Economics; Media, Cultural & Communication Studies; Politics, International Relations; Sociology; Sport, Leisure & Tourism.
Sage Journals Online This link opens in a new window
Access to the full text journals in Business, Communication, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.
Statista This link opens in a new window
Statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources, includes access to the Global Consumer Survey .
U.S. Major Dailies (ProQuest Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
Access to The New York Times (1980 - present), Washington Post (1987 - present), Los Angeles Times (1985 - present), Chicago Tribune, (1985 - present), and Wall Street Journal (1984 - present).
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Features news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. For help on how to use Nexis Uni, visit the research guide.
This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
Dissertations & Theses Global (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Doctoral dissertations and master's theses, from 1743 to the present. Full text for most dissertations since 1997.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Full-text current and archival articles from scholarly journals covering literature and criticism, history, performing arts, cultural studies, education, philosophy, political science, gender studies, and more.
Book Review Digest Plus This link opens in a new window
Covers periodicals published in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain since 1983; updated daily.
Brill Publishing Online This link opens in a new window
Includes titles in the area of Humanities & Social Sciences, International Law, and Biology & Sciences from 2000 to 2016, plus e-book collections:
Asian Studies, 2007-2014; Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East, and Early Christianity, 2007-2014 Classical Studies, 2007-2014 Middle East and Islamic Studies, 2007-2014 Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy, 2007-2014
Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Online Catalog This link opens in a new window
Collection of five million books, journals, documents and newspapers in the humanities, science, and social sciences. CRL materials can be obtained for extended loan periods.
Pepperdine Digital Commons This link opens in a new window
Open access repository for research and scholarly output by Pepperdine University departments and centers, includesFaculty Open Access Publications, Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Undergraduate Student Research, and Pepperdine Journals.
Sage Research Methods This link opens in a new window
Practical tool for access to books, journals, and reference material for help understanding and choosing methods, designing research projects and writing up findings.
University of Chicago Press Journals This link opens in a new window
Scholarly publications covering the humanities, social sciences and life and physical sciences.

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American Studies

Find course specific information in the American Studies Research Guides.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides full text coverage to peer-reviewed titles in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education and more.
Accessible Archives This link opens in a new window
Primary source material from 18th and 19th century including historical periodicals and books; eyewitness accounts of historical events, descriptions of daily life, business advertisements, and genealogical records.
ACLS Humanities E-Book This link opens in a new window
Foundational books in the humanities and social sciences, selected by scholars.
America's Historical Newspapers (“Early American Newspapers, Series 1”) This link opens in a new window
Series I offers more than 700 historical American newspapers from 23 states and the District of Columbia printed between 1690 and 1876
America: History and Life This link opens in a new window
Access to scholarly journals, dissertations and book and media reviews about U.S. and Canadian history and culture. Coverage for some titles back to the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Strong English-language journal coverage is balanced by an international perspective on topics and events, including abstracts in English of articles published in more than 40 languages.
American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection This link opens in a new window
Digital access to the most comprehensive collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912.
American Civil War: Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
Includes detailed firsthand descriptions of historical characters, glimpses of daily life in the army and at home, anecdotes about key events and personages.
American Decades This link opens in a new window
Access to 20th century primary source materials including selected speeches, letters, legal decisions, government documents, lyrics, advertisements, literary scripts, recipes, scrapbooks, and cartoons. Continued in American Decades: 2000-2009.
United States Census Bureau Data This link opens in a new window
Leading source of up-to-date demographic data about the United States people and economy.
American Memory Project This link opens in a new window
Digitized archival materials from the Library of Congress, including legal and historical materials.
American Men and Women of Science 31st ed. This link opens in a new window
Covers over 140,000 living scientists, providing birthdate; birthplace; field of specialty; education; honorary degrees; current position; professional and career information; awards; memberships; research information; and addresses.
American National Biography This link opens in a new window
Access to portraits of more than 18,700 men and women, updated quarterly, features hyperlinked articles from The Oxford Companion to United States History.
American Prison Newspapers, 1800-2020 : voices from the inside. This link opens in a new window
Over 450 prison newspapers from across the country in one collection representing penal institutions of all kinds, with special attention paid to women's-only institutions.
Archive of Folk Culture This link opens in a new window
The Library of Congress American Folklife Center's Archive of Folk Culture; traditional culture from around the world.
Biography in Context This link opens in a new window
Biographical information on more than 528,000 people throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
Some 50,000 new and/or updated biographies are added each year, as well as daily status updates of existing subjects
Capital, The (newspaper 1871-1889) This link opens in a new window
Includes every issue published in volumes 1-9, from March 12, 1871 through February 22, 1880. The Capital is a primary record of the American Reconstruction Period.
Journalist, legislator and Civil War veteran, as a publisher Donn Piatt exercised an undisguised, negative point of view toward the political corruptions within the Grant administration. Piatt did not limit his sardonic commentary to the executive branch, but attacked Congress, the judicial system, religion, civic impropriety, fraud and other social follies. Although The Capital would always remain an outlet for Piatt’s non-partisan excoriations and trenchant humor, it also published essays, stories and poems by prominent contemporary writers such as Bret Harte, Harriet Prescott Spofford, Celia Logan, “Mrs. Grundy,” and Sarah Piatt (wife of Donn Piatt’s cousin, John James Piatt).
Digital National Security Archive This link opens in a new window
Documents central to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945, compiled by top scholars and experts.
Dissertations & Theses Global (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Doctoral dissertations and master's theses, from 1743 to the present. Full text for most dissertations since 1997.
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans 1639-1800 This link opens in a new window
Historical books, pamphlets and broadsides from 17th and 18th century America.
Early American Newspapers, Series 1 This link opens in a new window
Access to more than 700 historical American newspapers from 23 states and the District of Columbia printed between 1690 and 1876.
Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment This link opens in a new window
Personal accounts, such as diaries and letters, of people in North America from 1534-1850, including traders, slaves, missionaries, explorers, soldiers, native peoples, and officials.
Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy (2d ed. 2002) This link opens in a new window
Essays by subject experts on foreign policy concepts and doctrines, policymaking, commerce and science, human rights and arms control.
Encyclopedia of American Religions (7th ed. 2003) This link opens in a new window
Essays tracing the major religious families and traditions, plus directory of individual churches, religious bodies, and spiritual groups.
Encyclopedia of American Studies This link opens in a new window
Articles and bibliographies related to the history and cultures of the United States, from pre-colonial days to the present.
European Views of the Americas, 1493 to 1750 This link opens in a new window
Multilingual, primary source European works relating to the Americas.
Film Literature Index This link opens in a new window
Index of film and television periodicals, both scholarly and popular.
Freedom Narratives This link opens in a new window
Autobiographical testimonies and biographical data from the forced migration of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic during the slave trade era from the 16th to the 19th century.
Gale Encyclopedia of American Law (3d ed., 2011) This link opens in a new window
Covers today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, and important legal documents.
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America (3d ed., 2014) This link opens in a new window
Entries on specific cultural and ethnoreligious groups in the U.S., with an emphasis on religions, holidays, customs, language, historical background and settlement patterns.
Gender Watch This link opens in a new window
Academic journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, booklets, and reports focused on women and gender issues. Some archival material as far back as 1974.
Grove Encyclopedia of American Art (GEAA) This link opens in a new window
Entries on all aspects of American art and architecture from Native American art to Colonial art to contemporary American art.
Independent Voices This link opens in a new window
Digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists and the extreme right-wing during the latter half of the 20th century.
Los Angeles Times This link opens in a new window
Indexing and full-text access to the Los Angeles Times. Covers 1985 to current date.
Los Angeles Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
Every issue from 1881-1990 with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF.
Making of America (Cornell University Library) This link opens in a new window
Primary sources on American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
the research tool for literature because it most accurately reflects the state of literary studies in the United States and internationally. MLA includes listings of scholarly journal articles, books, book chapters, and dissertations, published from 1926 to the present. Abstracts are oftentimes not included, so you need to depend on subject headings to determine what the material is covering. Those subject headings are the key to organizing your search strategy.
In addition, the MLA Directory of Periodicals and their proprietary thesaurus used to assign descriptors within the Bibliography are included.
New York Public Library (NYPL) Digital Gallery This link opens in a new window
Free access to digitized images from NYPL's collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, and photos.
North American Immigrant Letters/Diaries This link opens in a new window
Access to personal narratives including several thousand indexed and searchable pages of Ellis Island Oral History interviews, starting around 1840 to the present, focusing on 1920 to 1980.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
Letters and diaries from colonial times to 1950 plus journal articles, pamphlets, newsletters, monographs, and conference proceedings
OpenDissertations This link opens in a new window
Open-access database of dissertations and theses from the early 20th century to now.
Readers' Guide Retrospective 1890-1982 This link opens in a new window
Indexing includes full coverage of the original print volumes of Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature™.
Richmond Daily Dispatch This link opens in a new window
All issues of this American Civil War-era newspaper from November 1860 through December 1865.
Statistical Abstract of the United States This link opens in a new window
Summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the U.S. from the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and other Federal agencies and private organizations.
Student Activism This link opens in a new window
Primary sources documenting the history of student organizing in the U.S.
Wright American Fiction Project (1837-1888) This link opens in a new window
Digital access to American fiction from 1837-1888, including work by Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Harriet Beecher Stowe.

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Art and Art History

Find course specific information in Art and Art History Research Guides

Art Full Text This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive, international resource covering fine, decorative and commercial art, as well as photography, folk art, film, and architecture.
Full-text articles from more than 300 periodicals dating back to 1995
High-quality indexing and abstracting of over 600 periodicals dating as far back as 1984, including 280 peer-reviewed journals
Indexing and abstracting of over 13,000 art dissertations
Indexing of nearly 200,000 art reproductions
ARTstor This link opens in a new window
More than 1.8 million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences with an accessible suite of software tools for teaching and research.
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum This link opens in a new window
Series of catalogues of mostly ancient Greek painted pottery in collections around the world from Union Académique Internationale
Getty Publications Virtual Library This link opens in a new window
Titles published by the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Conservation Institute, and the Getty Research Institute, including collection catalogues that highlight the Getty collections.
Getty Research Portal This link opens in a new window
A virtual library of art history texts, digitized art history publications, rare books, and related literature.
Grove Art Online now part of Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Access to foremost scholarly art encyclopedia covering all aspects of Western and non-Western visual art, including the full text of The Dictionary of Art.
Also includes The Oxford Companion to Western Art, edited by Hugh Brigstocke (2001), The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms by Michael Clarke and Deborah Clarke, and Encyclopedia of Aesthetics edited by Michael Kelly (1998).
Grove Encyclopedia of American Art (GEAA) This link opens in a new window
Entries on all aspects of American art and architecture from Native American art to Colonial art to contemporary American art.
Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts This link opens in a new window
Entries covering thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western cultures including the qualities and historical uses of materials and definitions on art forms and styles.
Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture This link opens in a new window
Covers all aspects of Islamic art and architecture ranging from the Middle East to Africa to Central, South, and East Asia, includes entries on artists, rulers, writers, ceramics, sculpture, metalwork, painting, calligraphy, textiles, and more.
Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques This link opens in a new window
Historical and current uses of materials and techniques in a wide range of areas from painting and sculpture to non-traditional media such as digital and video art.
Coverage includes materials in art practice (e.g. ink, enamel, digital materials); materials in conservation (e.g. adhesives); classes of artifacts (e.g. wallpaper, mosaic, ceramic); techniques and methods (e.g. book binding, gilding, printing, weaving), terms (e.g. rustication), tools (e.g. easel, laser), theory (e.g. technical examination, conservation controversies), fakes & forgeries, and conservation theorists and practitioners.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Access to an extensive archive of 125 journals plus e-books in the Arts. ARTstor images are seachable through JSTOR

MetPublications
Five decades of Met (Metropolitan Museum of Art) publications on art history, available to read, download, and/or search for free.

New York Public Library (NYPL) Digital Gallery This link opens in a new window
Free access to digitized images from NYPL's collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, and photos.

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Biology

Course specific information in Biology Research Guides.

AHFS Consumer Medication Information This link opens in a new window
Patient drug information, available in both English and Spanish. Drug information monographs written for consumers, published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
Updated monthly
American Men and Women of Science 31st ed. This link opens in a new window
Covers over 140,000 living scientists, providing birthdate; birthplace; field of specialty; education; honorary degrees; current position; professional and career information; awards; memberships; research information; and addresses.
Biodiversity Heritage Library This link opens in a new window
Free and open access to legacy literature in taxonomy and biodiversity.
BioOne This link opens in a new window
Collection of peer reviewed journals in the fields of biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.
bioRxiv This link opens in a new window
A free online archive for unpublished preprints in the life sciences.
eLife This link opens in a new window
Peer-reviewed open access scientific journal for the biomedical and life sciences.
Green FILE This link opens in a new window
Articles on the environment and its connection to a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, 2d. ed. This link opens in a new window
Revised and updated edition incorporates recent developments in the animal world.
Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) This link opens in a new window
Provides toxicity data for over 5,700 potentially hazardous chemicals, plus information on emergency handling procedures, industrial hygiene, human exposure, detection methods, and regulatory requirements.
JAMA : Journal of the American Medical Association This link opens in a new window
JAMA, published continuously since 1883, is an international peer-reviewed general medical journal published 48 times per year.
Medline This link opens in a new window
Medicine, nursing, dentistry and the pre-clinical sciences research, includes bibliographic citations and author abstracts US and international journals.
MedlinePlus This link opens in a new window
Created by the US National Library of Medicine, medical research and updates for consumers.
National Academies Press This link opens in a new window
PDFs of books in the physical and social sciences published by National Academies Press since 1980. Includes full-text searching capabilities.
Nature This link opens in a new window
Weekly journal of peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology
Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) This link opens in a new window
Research results from Dept. of Energy funding primarily in physics, also including chemistry, biology and life sciences, materials science, nuclear sciences and engineering, energy research, computer and information technologies.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Access to biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books from the National Library of Medicine.
RefWorks (New Version)
Note: Access to RefWorks ended in January 2022. It is possible to migrate your references from RefWorks to your new citation manager system.
Science (AAAS) This link opens in a new window
Peer-reviewed articles, original research reports, news sections, editorials, and special issues devoted to science-related topics.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Access to peer-reviewed scientific, technical and medical journals.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific journals, books and conference proceedings covering fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
SPORTDiscus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Bibliographic and full text coverage of sport, fitness and related disciplines.
SpringerLink This link opens in a new window
Access to journals and e-books published by Springer Nature in life and behavioral sciences.
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.

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Business

Find course specific information in Business (Seaver) Research Guides.

United States Census Bureau Data This link opens in a new window
Leading source of up-to-date demographic data about the United States people and economy.
Annual Statement Studies: eStatement Studies This link opens in a new window
From the Risk Management Association (RMA), provides financial ratios for several industries. These ratios are the composite averages of several small and midsized businesses.
Business Plans Handbook series This link opens in a new window
Actual business plans compiled by, and aimed at, entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides full text for peer-reviewed journals in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics.
Cabell's Journalytics This link opens in a new window
Helps authors locate journals that might publish their article by providing information about journal submission guidelines, acceptance rates, review process and other pertinent information.
Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Content from CommSearch and Mass Media Articles Index along with other peer-reviewed journals in communication, mass media, and related fields of study.
Country Commercial Guides This link opens in a new window
Published annually by U.S. embassies with several U.S. government agencies, present economic, political and market analyses of countries' commercial environments.
Dissertations & Theses Global (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Doctoral dissertations and master's theses, from 1743 to the present. Full text for most dissertations since 1997.
B-Ready (fka Doing Business Project) This link opens in a new window
IFC and the World Bank provide objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 183 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional level.
EconLit This link opens in a new window
Covers all areas related to economics.
EconPapers This link opens in a new window
Access to RePEc collection of on-line Economics working papers, journal articles, e-books, book chapters, and software. Does not contain full-text journal articles.
eMarketer (now Insider Intelligence) This link opens in a new window
Includes daily market and media research articles, analyst reports, and a database of e-business and online marketing statistics.
Emerald Management Journals This link opens in a new window
Abstracts and full text articles from academic journals covering marketing, management, human resources, economics, information management, operations, engineering, production and property, education, health and social care.
Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research (FRASER) This link opens in a new window
Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis links to scanned images of historical economic statistical publications, releases, and documents.
Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) This link opens in a new window
A database with over hundreds of thousands of economic data time series from national, international, public, and private sources.
GfK MRI University Reporter
Note: This resource has been replaced by Simmons Brand Catalyst.
IBIS World This link opens in a new window
Research reports with key statistics, industry conditions, market characteristics, industry performance, market drivers, key success factors, and revenue forecasts for each US industry. This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
Insider Intelligence (formerly eMarketer) This link opens in a new window
Includes daily research articles, analyst & trend reports, and a database of e-business and online marketing statistics.
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) This link opens in a new window
Census and survey data from around the world for integrated and comparative research. Must create a free account profile to create data sets.
International Monetary Fund Data This link opens in a new window
Economic statistics for 269 countries from the International Monetary Fund.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering the Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Features news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. For help on how to use Nexis Uni, visit the research guide.
This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
Business and financial information for U.S. and international companies. SEC filings (real-time and archived to 1993) for NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ exchange companies. Select private company reports available.
Mintel Reports This link opens in a new window
Market research data for market share, consumer profiles, forecasting, driving forces, and distribution methods. This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
MIT Sloan Management Review This link opens in a new window
Articles on management practices, organizational operations and technology.
NBER Working Papers This link opens in a new window
Pre-print (not yet peer-reviewed) research from the National Bureau of Economic Research, a private non-profit engaged in quantitative analysis of the American economy.
Claritas 360 (SRDS - formerly Nielsen Segmentation & Market Solutions) This link opens in a new window
Provides data to measure consumer demand, target segmentation, evaluate locations and assess markets. For tips on using Claritas 360, please visit this guide.
Passport (formerly Global Market Information Database) This link opens in a new window
Business intelligence on countries, consumers and industries from Euromonitor International. Historic data from 1997 plus up-to-date forecast models. This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
PrivCo This link opens in a new window
Source for business and financial research on non-publicly traded corporations, including family-owned, private equity-owned, venture-backed and international unlisted companies.
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
The American Psychological Association’s (APA) resource of peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health.
PsycTests This link opens in a new window
Descriptive summaries, full text, and relevant citations on the development and assessment of tests and measures used in research and teaching.
Reference USA (new name: Data Axle Reference Solutions) This link opens in a new window
An online directory of 12 million+ businesses in the United States and Canada. Users can search by company name, ticker symbol, executive name, geographic location, sales range, type of business and number of employees.
RefWorks (New Version)
Note: Access to RefWorks ended in January 2022. It is possible to migrate your references from RefWorks to your new citation manager system.
Regional Business News This link opens in a new window
Regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
S & P NetAdvantage (Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage) This link opens in a new window
Access to research products including Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Mutual Fund Reports, Bond Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific journals, books and conference proceedings covering fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Simmons Brand Catalyst (replacing GfK MRI University Reporter) This link opens in a new window
For access, click Brand Catalyst at the top of the Simmons interface. Identifies the unique characteristics of over 8,000 brands to help define brand identity, differentiate against competitors, create unique personas, and drive effective media, creative, and partnership strategies.
Simmons Insights (Formerly Simmons OneView) This link opens in a new window
Consumer survey data includes over 700 psychographic measures to understand target consumers' general attitudes, media usage, and shopping habits. Access restricted to five simultaneous users.
Statista This link opens in a new window
Statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources, includes access to the Global Consumer Survey .
ThomsonOne Research
ThomsonOne replaced with Refinitiv Workspace in 2021. For more details and registration instructions, please visit this guide.
UCLA Anderson Forecasts This link opens in a new window
Unbiased forecasts for the economies of California and the United States.
Wharton Research Data Services This link opens in a new window
Access to databases in finance, accounting, banking, economics, management, marketing and public policy. **Access limited to Pepperdine faculty, staff, and doctoral students. Users must apply for account access and be approved by the Pepperdine WRDS representative.**
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository This link opens in a new window
Open access repository for international development research articles, reports and books.
World DataBank This link opens in a new window
Analysis and visualization tool for data regarding economic policy and debt, education, environment, financial sector, health, infrastructure, labor, poverty, and trade.

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Chemistry

Course specific information in Chemistry Research Guides.

AHFS Consumer Medication Information This link opens in a new window
Patient drug information, available in both English and Spanish. Drug information monographs written for consumers, published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
Updated monthly
American Chemical Society Web Editions This link opens in a new window
Provides access to peer-reviewed research journals in the chemical and related sciences. Includes access to The ACS Style Guide.
American Men and Women of Science 31st ed. This link opens in a new window
Covers over 140,000 living scientists, providing birthdate; birthplace; field of specialty; education; honorary degrees; current position; professional and career information; awards; memberships; research information; and addresses.
Chemical Safety Library This link opens in a new window
The Pistoia Alliance Chemical Safety Library project shares inaccessible hazardous reaction information.
**You must register to use this resource**
Chemical Safety Library This link opens in a new window
The Pistoia Alliance Chemical Safety Library project shares inaccessible hazardous reaction information.
**You must register to use this resource**
Chemical Sciences Article Repository This link opens in a new window
Non-commercial subject specific open access repository for chemistry papers published by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
ChemRxiv This link opens in a new window
Open access to unpublished preprints in chemistry and related areas.
Green FILE This link opens in a new window
Articles on the environment and its connection to a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.
Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) This link opens in a new window
Provides toxicity data for over 5,700 potentially hazardous chemicals, plus information on emergency handling procedures, industrial hygiene, human exposure, detection methods, and regulatory requirements.
National Academies Press This link opens in a new window
PDFs of books in the physical and social sciences published by National Academies Press since 1980. Includes full-text searching capabilities.
Nature This link opens in a new window
Weekly journal of peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology
Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) This link opens in a new window
Research results from Dept. of Energy funding primarily in physics, also including chemistry, biology and life sciences, materials science, nuclear sciences and engineering, energy research, computer and information technologies.
PLoS (Public Library of Science) This link opens in a new window
Open-access, peer-reviewed journals across all areas of science and medicine.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Access to biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books from the National Library of Medicine.
RefWorks (New Version)
Note: Access to RefWorks ended in January 2022. It is possible to migrate your references from RefWorks to your new citation manager system.
Science (AAAS) This link opens in a new window
Peer-reviewed articles, original research reports, news sections, editorials, and special issues devoted to science-related topics.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Access to peer-reviewed scientific, technical and medical journals.
SciFinder Scholar (web) This link opens in a new window
Online access to databases, including Chemical Abstracts, Registry, CASREACT, CHEMLIST, CHEMCAT, and MEDLINE.
Users must register to use SciFinder Scholar.
This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
SciTech Connect This link opens in a new window
Electronic, full-text reports processed by the U.S. Department of Energy, topics include physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environment, energy, engineering, computer and information science, and renewable energy.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific journals, books and conference proceedings covering fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.

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Communication Studies

Find course specific information in Communication Studies Research Guides.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides full text coverage to peer-reviewed titles in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education and more.
Ad Flip This link opens in a new window
Access to the world's largest archive of classic print and magazine ads.
Ad*Access This link opens in a new window
U.S. & Canadian advertisements printed in newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. Concentrates on Radio, Television, Transportation, Beauty and Hygiene, and World War II.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides full text for peer-reviewed journals in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics.
CIOS (Communication Institute for Online Scholarship) This link opens in a new window
Communication resource library, scholarly conference information, the ComAbstracts database, the ComVista guide to communication programs in North American higher education, and e-services for several communication societies.
Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Content from CommSearch and Mass Media Articles Index along with other peer-reviewed journals in communication, mass media, and related fields of study.
Communication Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Research abstracts related to communication studies.
EBSCOhost databases This link opens in a new window
Full-text databases and popular databases ranging from general reference collections to specially designed, subject-specific databases.
eMarketer (now Insider Intelligence) This link opens in a new window
Includes daily market and media research articles, analyst reports, and a database of e-business and online marketing statistics.
Encyclopedia of Communication Theory This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive overview of contemporary communication theory.
GfK MRI University Reporter
Note: This resource has been replaced by Simmons Brand Catalyst.
Insider Intelligence (formerly eMarketer) This link opens in a new window
Includes daily research articles, analyst & trend reports, and a database of e-business and online marketing statistics.
International Encyclopedia of Communication Online This link opens in a new window
Coverage of theories, media and communication phenomena, research methods, problems, concepts, and geographical areas.
Medicine and Madison Avenue This link opens in a new window
Health-related advertisements from 1850 to 1920, illustrating relationship between modern medicine & modern advertising.
Mintel Reports This link opens in a new window
Market research data for market share, consumer profiles, forecasting, driving forces, and distribution methods. This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
Claritas 360 (SRDS - formerly Nielsen Segmentation & Market Solutions) This link opens in a new window
Provides data to measure consumer demand, target segmentation, evaluate locations and assess markets. For tips on using Claritas 360, please visit this guide.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new window
Information on social issues including articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, interactive maps, videos, and streaming audio.
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
The American Psychological Association’s (APA) resource of peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health.
Sage Journals Online This link opens in a new window
Access to the full text journals in Business, Communication, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.
Simmons Brand Catalyst (replacing GfK MRI University Reporter) This link opens in a new window
For access, click Brand Catalyst at the top of the Simmons interface. Identifies the unique characteristics of over 8,000 brands to help define brand identity, differentiate against competitors, create unique personas, and drive effective media, creative, and partnership strategies.
Simmons Insights (Formerly Simmons OneView) This link opens in a new window
Consumer survey data includes over 700 psychographic measures to understand target consumers' general attitudes, media usage, and shopping habits. Access restricted to five simultaneous users.
SRDS Media Solutions This link opens in a new window
Access to accurate, up-to-date media information including detailed ad rates, dates and contact data plus demographic information, plus Claritas 360 platform.
Statista This link opens in a new window
Statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources, includes access to the Global Consumer Survey .
Taylor & Francis Social Science & Humanities Library This link opens in a new window
Access to peer reviewed journals covering Behavioral Science; Education; Business, Management & Economics; Media, Cultural & Communication Studies; Politics, International Relations; Sociology; Sport, Leisure & Tourism.
World Press Encyclopedia: a survey of press systems worldwide This link opens in a new window
2003 survey of press and electronic media which covers nearly 200 countries.

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Computer Science

Find course specific information in Computer Science Resource Guides.

National Academies Press: Computer and Information Technology This link opens in a new window
Books, public policy reports and conference proceedings on computers, information technology, and public policy.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Access to peer-reviewed scientific, technical and medical journals.
SciTech Connect This link opens in a new window
Electronic, full-text reports processed by the U.S. Department of Energy, topics include physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environment, energy, engineering, computer and information science, and renewable energy.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific journals, books and conference proceedings covering fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.

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African American Studies

Accessible Archives This link opens in a new window
Primary source material from 18th and 19th century including historical periodicals and books; eyewitness accounts of historical events, descriptions of daily life, business advertisements, and genealogical records.
American Prison Newspapers, 1800-2020 : voices from the inside. This link opens in a new window
Over 450 prison newspapers from across the country in one collection representing penal institutions of all kinds, with special attention paid to women's-only institutions.
Black Freedom Struggle in the United States: A Selection of Primary Sources (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Selection of 1,600 primary source documents related to critical people and events in African American history.
Cambridge Journals Online This link opens in a new window
The Cambridge University Press currently publishes 370 peer-reviewed academic journals containing the latest research from a wide range of subject areas. Access is provided to volumes from 2000-2016.
Early American Newspapers, Series 1 This link opens in a new window
Access to more than 700 historical American newspapers from 23 states and the District of Columbia printed between 1690 and 1876.
Encyclopedia of Race & Racism This link opens in a new window
Examines the anthropological, sociological, historical, economic, and scientific theories of race and racism in the modem era.
Freedom Narratives This link opens in a new window
Autobiographical testimonies and biographical data from the forced migration of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic during the slave trade era from the 16th to the 19th century.
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America (3d ed., 2014) This link opens in a new window
Entries on specific cultural and ethnoreligious groups in the U.S., with an emphasis on religions, holidays, customs, language, historical background and settlement patterns.
Human and Civil Rights: Essential Primary Sources This link opens in a new window
Primary source documents on leading social issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
Immigration and Multiculturalism: Essential Primary Sources This link opens in a new window
Primary source documents on immigration and multiculturalism in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
Independent Voices This link opens in a new window
Digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists and the extreme right-wing during the latter half of the 20th century.
Los Angeles Sentinel (ProQuest Historical Black Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
Includes full-text of the Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper from 1934 to 2005.
Making of America (Cornell University Library) This link opens in a new window
Primary sources on American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new window
Information on social issues including articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, interactive maps, videos, and streaming audio.
Slave Societies Digital Archive This link opens in a new window
Endangered archival materials documenting the history of Africans and their descendants in the Atlantic World.
Student Activism This link opens in a new window
Primary sources documenting the history of student organizing in the U.S.

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Education

Course specific information in Education (Seaver College) Research Guides.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides full text coverage to peer-reviewed titles in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education and more.
Cabell's Journalytics This link opens in a new window
Helps authors locate journals that might publish their article by providing information about journal submission guidelines, acceptance rates, review process and other pertinent information.
Child Welfare Information Gateway This link opens in a new window
A service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, covers topics from prevention to permanency, including child welfare, child abuse and neglect, and adoption.
Chronicle of Higher Education This link opens in a new window
Presents news and information for college and university faculty and students.
Digest of Education Statistics This link opens in a new window
Compilation of statistical information on American education from prekindergarten through graduate school, including results of National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) surveys.
Dissertations & Theses Global (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Doctoral dissertations and master's theses, from 1743 to the present. Full text for most dissertations since 1997.
ECAR (Educause Center for Applied Research) This link opens in a new window
Research about the application and use of information technology in higher education. To access the ECAR publications you will need to create an EDUCAUSE profile (username and password).
Education Full Text This link opens in a new window
You can search ERIC together with this database by clicking on '+Open Database Selection Area' and checking the box next to ERIC
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) This link opens in a new window
via EBSCOhost; ERIC is also available to search with Education Full-Text, and in a free version at http://www.eric.ed.gov/
Flipster Digital Magazines This link opens in a new window
Access leading digital magazines on your mobile device with Flipster, the digital magazine newsstand from EBSCO.
LinkedIn Learning This link opens in a new window
Professional development resource available to all current faculty, staff, and students, offering over 1,000 online courses.
MAS Ultra - School Edition This link opens in a new window
Designed for high school libraries, contains high school magazines, full text reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and a School Image Collection.
Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive guide to contemporary testing instruments in areas of psychology, education, business, and leadership.
First published by Oscar K. Buros, the MMY series allows users to make knowledgeable judgments and informed selection decisions about the increasingly complex world of testing. MMY provides coverage from Volume 1 to the present. Produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska, Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. TIP provides vital information to users including test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s).
OpenDissertations This link opens in a new window
Open-access database of dissertations and theses from the early 20th century to now.
Primary Search This link opens in a new window
Contains full text for elementary school magazines including Boys' Life, Cobblestone, Cricket, Highlights for Children, Hopscotch, Jack and Jill, Ladybug, Ranger Rick, Science World, Spider and SuperScience.
Projections of Education Statistics This link opens in a new window
Projections to 2028 of key education statistics for elementary and secondary schools.
PsycARTICLES This link opens in a new window
From the American Psychological Association (APA), full text, peer-reviewed scholarly articles in psychology from 1894 to the present.
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
Access to nearly 2.3 million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and technical reports. Journal coverage, which spans from 1887 to present, includes international material selected from more than 2,100 periodicals in over 25 languages. Includes information about the psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business and law.
PsycTests This link opens in a new window
Descriptive summaries, full text, and relevant citations on the development and assessment of tests and measures used in research and teaching.

Refworks database
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Sage Journals Online This link opens in a new window
Access to the full text journals in Business, Communication, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.
Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans, 2016 (33rd Edition) This link opens in a new window
Sources of education-related financial aid and awards at all levels of study. Includes a section on federal financial aid and a state-by-state listing of agencies.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific journals, books and conference proceedings covering fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Taylor & Francis Social Science & Humanities Library This link opens in a new window
Access to peer reviewed journals covering Behavioral Science; Education; Business, Management & Economics; Media, Cultural & Communication Studies; Politics, International Relations; Sociology; Sport, Leisure & Tourism.
Teacher Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Provides indexing and abstracts for teacher and administrator trade journals.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository This link opens in a new window
Open access repository for international development research articles, reports and books.
World Education Encyclopedia (2d ed. 2001) This link opens in a new window
Access to a country-by-country survey of educational systems of 233 countries.

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RefWorks (New Version)
Note: Access to RefWorks ended in January 2022. It is possible to migrate your references from RefWorks to your new citation manager system.

English

Course specific information in English Resource Guides.

MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Coverage is international and includes literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing.
In addition, the MLA Directory of Periodicals and their proprietary thesaurus used to assign descriptors within the Bibliography are included.
Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
Provides up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and around the world.
American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection This link opens in a new window
Digital access to the most comprehensive collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912.
Archive of American Journalism This link opens in a new window
Articles from major American authors including Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, Ambrose Bierce, H.L. Mencken, Theodore Roosevelt, Ray Stannard Baker, Jack London, Stephen Crane, Henry Stanley, Ida Tarbell and Nellie Bly.
Bible in English This link opens in a new window
Twenty different versions of the English Bible, including 12 full Bibles, five New Testament texts, two versions of the Gospels only, and William Tyndale's translations of the Pentateuch, Jonah, and the New Testament.
Biography in Context This link opens in a new window
Biographical information on more than 528,000 people throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
Some 50,000 new and/or updated biographies are added each year, as well as daily status updates of existing subjects
Book Review Digest Plus This link opens in a new window
Covers periodicals published in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain since 1983; updated daily.

British Periodicals
British Periodicals offers facsimile page images and searchable full text for approximately 500 British periodicals published from the 17th through the early 20th centuries (1681-1920). Topics covered include literature, philosophy, history, science, the social sciences and the fine arts: music, art, drama, archaeology and architecture. The collection includes over 5 million pages.

Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans 1639-1800 This link opens in a new window
Historical books, pamphlets and broadsides from 17th and 18th century America.
Early English Books This link opens in a new window
Full-text items published in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America, and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473 to 1700.
It contains over 100,000 of the 125,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgraves's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640), Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700), and the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661). The Text Creation Partnership (TCP), is in the process of creating SGML coding for the full text of 25,000 EEBO works, so users can search the full ASCII text of the documents and view both the text and the correspondin original page images.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) This link opens in a new window
Collection of English or foreign-language titles printed in the United Kingdom from 1701-1800, along with thousands of important works from the Americas.
Encyclopedia of Victorian Literature This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive, scholarly, authoritative, and critical overview of literature and theory comprising individual titles covering key literary genres, periods, and sub-disciplines.
Internet Shakespeare Editions This link opens in a new window
Open-access, peer-reviewed resources, including full text plays & poems, information on the life and times of Shakespeare, production information, and recent reviews of Shakespeare performances.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering the Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.
LitFinder This link opens in a new window
Covering world literature and authors throughout history, LitFinder contains a wealth of literary works including over 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. For those seeking a deeper view into literature, LitFinder also includes secondary materials like biographies, images, and more! From Shakespeare's sonnets to poems by Donald Hall or short stories from Edgar Allan Poe to works by Annie Proulx, LitFinder has you covered.
Loeb Classical Library This link opens in a new window
Greek and Latin texts with English translations.
MLA Directory of Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Information on over 7,000 journals, with 4,400 currently indexed in the International Bibliography.
New York Public Library (NYPL) Digital Gallery This link opens in a new window
Free access to digitized images from NYPL's collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, and photos.
Online Medieval Sources Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Information about modern editions - in print and online - of medieval primary sources.
Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
Authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium: the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over more than 600,000 words.
Every three months updates revise existing entries and add new words
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Full-text current and archival articles from scholarly journals covering literature and criticism, history, performing arts, cultural studies, education, philosophy, political science, gender studies, and more.
Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period This link opens in a new window
Access to over sixty volumes of lyric poetry by Scottish women, written between 1789 and 1832.
Shakespeare Survey This link opens in a new window
Yearbook of Shakespeare studies, productions, reviews and criticism. Each volume is devoted to a theme, or play, or group of plays.
Victorian Women Writers Project This link opens in a new window
Access to poetry, novels, children's books, political pamphlets, religious tracts, histories, and more of lesser-known British women writers of the 19th century.
Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824 - 1900 This link opens in a new window
Index, with citations, to the authorship of articles, and a bibliography of articles written by each contributor, and using each pseudonym, covering the period from the beginning of the Westminster Review in 1824 to the end of the century.

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Film Studies & Screenwriting

Course specific information in Film Studies Research Guides.

AFI Catalog of Feature Films This link opens in a new window
American feature and short films from 1893-1970, compiled by the American Film Institute. Includes information on cast, crew, plot summaries, subjects, genres and historical notes.
Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Content from CommSearch and Mass Media Articles Index along with other peer-reviewed journals in communication, mass media, and related fields of study.
Deadline Hollywood This link opens in a new window
Source for breaking news in the entertainment industry.
Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, screenwriting, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.
Film Literature Index This link opens in a new window
Index of film and television periodicals, both scholarly and popular.
Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
Access to encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Ivan Goff Collection of Television Scripts This link opens in a new window
The finding aid for the Ivan Goff collection of television scripts is now available on the Online Archive of California (OAC).
National Screening Room (Library of Congress) This link opens in a new window
Library of Congress' vast moving image collection, designed to make otherwise unavailable movies, both copyrighted and in the public domain, freely accessible.
Readers' Guide Retrospective 1890-1982 This link opens in a new window
Indexing includes full coverage of the original print volumes of Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature™.
Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film This link opens in a new window
Introduction to film and film studies, covering production, national traditions, studios, genres, critical theory and film history.
Selections from the National Film Registry (Library of Congress) This link opens in a new window
Sixty-four motion pictures, named to the Library’s National Film Registry.
Swank Digital Campus This link opens in a new window
Digital access to course-related films. Swank does not currently support Safari on Macs. Please see Swank System Requirements or the Swank help page for more details.

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Health and Medicine

Course specific information in Sports MedicineResearch Guides.

AHFS Consumer Medication Information This link opens in a new window
Patient drug information, available in both English and Spanish. Drug information monographs written for consumers, published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
Updated monthly
Alt Health Watch This link opens in a new window
Focus on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to healthcare and wellness from peer-reviewed reports, proceedings, and association and consumer newsletters.
Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) This link opens in a new window
Provides toxicity data for over 5,700 potentially hazardous chemicals, plus information on emergency handling procedures, industrial hygiene, human exposure, detection methods, and regulatory requirements.
Health Source: Consumer Edition This link opens in a new window
Access to consumer health magazines, pamphlets and reference books, including those by People's Medical Society, Clinical Reference Systems reports (in English and Spanish) and Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary.
Health Source : Nursing/Academic Edition This link opens in a new window
Scholarly full-text journals, dating back to 1975, focusing on medical disciplines.
Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong, including full text from Creative Nursing, Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Journal of Community Health Nursing, Journal of Nursing Management, Nursing Ethics, Nursing Forum, Nursing Inquiry, and many more. In addition, this database includes Lexi-PAL Drug Guide.
JAMA : Journal of the American Medical Association This link opens in a new window
JAMA, published continuously since 1883, is an international peer-reviewed general medical journal published 48 times per year.
Medicine and Madison Avenue This link opens in a new window
Health-related advertisements from 1850 to 1920, illustrating relationship between modern medicine & modern advertising.
Medline This link opens in a new window
Medicine, nursing, dentistry and the pre-clinical sciences research, includes bibliographic citations and author abstracts US and international journals.
medRxiv This link opens in a new window
Free online archive for complete but unpublished manuscripts (preprints) in the medical, clinical, and related health sciences.
PsychiatryOnline This link opens in a new window
Portal featuring DSM-V-TR, plus a collection of psychiatric references and journals from American Psychiatric Publishing, self-assessment tools, and clinical & research news.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Access to biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books from the National Library of Medicine.
Sage Journals Online This link opens in a new window
Access to the full text journals in Business, Communication, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.
Science (AAAS) This link opens in a new window
Peer-reviewed articles, original research reports, news sections, editorials, and special issues devoted to science-related topics.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Access to peer-reviewed scientific, technical and medical journals.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific journals, books and conference proceedings covering fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
SPORTDiscus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Bibliographic and full text coverage of sport, fitness and related disciplines.
Therapedia A-Z: Encyclopedia of Mental Health This link opens in a new window
Mental health encyclopedia and companion to the DSM-5.
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository This link opens in a new window
Open access repository for international development research articles, reports and books.

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History

Course specific information in HistoryResearch Guides.

American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection This link opens in a new window
Digital access to the most comprehensive collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912.
America's Historical Newspapers (“Early American Newspapers, Series 1”) This link opens in a new window
Series I offers more than 700 historical American newspapers from 23 states and the District of Columbia printed between 1690 and 1876
America: History and Life This link opens in a new window
Access to scholarly journals, dissertations and book and media reviews about U.S. and Canadian history and culture. Coverage for some titles back to the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Strong English-language journal coverage is balanced by an international perspective on topics and events, including abstracts in English of articles published in more than 40 languages.
American Decades This link opens in a new window
Access to 20th century primary source materials including selected speeches, letters, legal decisions, government documents, lyrics, advertisements, literary scripts, recipes, scrapbooks, and cartoons. Continued in American Decades: 2000-2009.
OpenDissertations This link opens in a new window
Open-access database of dissertations and theses from the early 20th century to now.
United States Census Bureau Data This link opens in a new window
Leading source of up-to-date demographic data about the United States people and economy.
American Memory Project This link opens in a new window
Digitized archival materials from the Library of Congress, including legal and historical materials.
American Men and Women of Science 31st ed. This link opens in a new window
Covers over 140,000 living scientists, providing birthdate; birthplace; field of specialty; education; honorary degrees; current position; professional and career information; awards; memberships; research information; and addresses.
American National Biography This link opens in a new window
Access to portraits of more than 18,700 men and women, updated quarterly, features hyperlinked articles from The Oxford Companion to United States History.
American Prison Newspapers, 1800-2020 : voices from the inside. This link opens in a new window
Over 450 prison newspapers from across the country in one collection representing penal institutions of all kinds, with special attention paid to women's-only institutions.
Biography in Context This link opens in a new window
Biographical information on more than 528,000 people throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
Some 50,000 new and/or updated biographies are added each year, as well as daily status updates of existing subjects
British Library Online Gallery This link opens in a new window
Provides access to 30,000 items from its collection, as well as locations of thousands of old maps, virtual books, and online exhibitions.
British Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Provides page images and searchable full text for approximately 500 British periodicals published from the 17th through the early 20th centuries (1681-1920).
Capital, The (newspaper 1871-1889) This link opens in a new window
Includes every issue published in volumes 1-9, from March 12, 1871 through February 22, 1880. The Capital is a primary record of the American Reconstruction Period.
Journalist, legislator and Civil War veteran, as a publisher Donn Piatt exercised an undisguised, negative point of view toward the political corruptions within the Grant administration. Piatt did not limit his sardonic commentary to the executive branch, but attacked Congress, the judicial system, religion, civic impropriety, fraud and other social follies. Although The Capital would always remain an outlet for Piatt’s non-partisan excoriations and trenchant humor, it also published essays, stories and poems by prominent contemporary writers such as Bret Harte, Harriet Prescott Spofford, Celia Logan, “Mrs. Grundy,” and Sarah Piatt (wife of Donn Piatt’s cousin, John James Piatt).
Chicago Manual of Style Online This link opens in a new window
Provides recommendations on editorial style and publishing practices for the digital age. CMOS includes the full contents of the 17th edition.
Digital National Security Archive This link opens in a new window
Documents central to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945, compiled by top scholars and experts.
Digital Newberry: Collections This link opens in a new window
Manuscripts, maps, books, photographs, artworks, and other rare & unique materials from the collections of the Newberry, an independent research library since 1887.
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) This link opens in a new window
Photographs, manuscripts, books, sounds, moving images, and more from libraries, archives, and museums around the United States.
Users can browse and search the DPLA’s collections by timeline, map, format, and topic; save items to customized lists; and share their lists with others.
Dissertations & Theses Global (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Doctoral dissertations and master's theses, from 1743 to the present. Full text for most dissertations since 1997.
Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America (1789-1791) This link opens in a new window
Collection of all known official and unofficial documents pertaining to the First Federal Congress.
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans 1639-1800 This link opens in a new window
Historical books, pamphlets and broadsides from 17th and 18th century America.
Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment This link opens in a new window
Personal accounts, such as diaries and letters, of people in North America from 1534-1850, including traders, slaves, missionaries, explorers, soldiers, native peoples, and officials.
Early English Books This link opens in a new window
Full-text items published in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America, and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473 to 1700.
It contains over 100,000 of the 125,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgraves's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640), Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700), and the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661). The Text Creation Partnership (TCP), is in the process of creating SGML coding for the full text of 25,000 EEBO works, so users can search the full ASCII text of the documents and view both the text and the correspondin original page images.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) This link opens in a new window
Collection of English or foreign-language titles printed in the United Kingdom from 1701-1800, along with thousands of important works from the Americas.
Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy (2d ed. 2002) This link opens in a new window
Essays by subject experts on foreign policy concepts and doctrines, policymaking, commerce and science, human rights and arms control.
Encyclopedia of American Studies This link opens in a new window
Articles and bibliographies related to the history and cultures of the United States, from pre-colonial days to the present.
European Views of the Americas, 1493 to 1750 This link opens in a new window
Multilingual, primary source European works relating to the Americas.
Europeana Collections This link opens in a new window
Multilingual online collection of cultural items from European museums, libraries, archives and multi-media collections.
Freedom Narratives This link opens in a new window
Autobiographical testimonies and biographical data from the forced migration of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic during the slave trade era from the 16th to the 19th century.
Gale News Vault (Historical UK newspapers) This link opens in a new window
Search the Illustrated London News together with The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985.
Harvard University Library: Open Collections Program This link opens in a new window
Harvard's Open Collections Program (OCP) offers virtual collections of thematically linked material selected from numerous Harvard repositories, focusing on historical materials.
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Annotated bibliographic citations to articles and book reviews plus index of journals on history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding U.S. and Canada). Multilingual resource.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering the Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.
Late Qing and Republican-Era Chinese Newspapers This link opens in a new window
The Late Qing and Republican-Era Chinese Newspapers collection covers 1912 to 1949. The press of more than twenty cities is represented, spanning the Chinese mainland and the entire half century.
Latin American Newspapers: Series I This link opens in a new window
Provides more than 35 newspapers published between 1805 and 1922 from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and elsewhere in Latin America.
Latin American Pamphlet Digital Collection This link opens in a new window
Access to scarce and unique Latin American pamphlets published during the 19th and the early 20th centuries, documenting the emergence of the Latin American colonies as independent states.
Los Angeles Sentinel (ProQuest Historical Black Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
Includes full-text of the Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper from 1934 to 2005.
Los Angeles Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
Every issue from 1881-1990 with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF.
Making of America (Cornell University Library) This link opens in a new window
Primary sources on American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
Middle Eastern & North African Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Provides unique insights into the history of individual countries, as well as broad viewpoints on key historic events from the late nineteenth century through the present.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Coverage is international and includes literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing.
In addition, the MLA Directory of Periodicals and their proprietary thesaurus used to assign descriptors within the Bibliography are included.
New York Public Library (NYPL) Digital Gallery This link opens in a new window
Free access to digitized images from NYPL's collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, and photos.
Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition This link opens in a new window
Full-text British 19th century periodicals: Monthly Repository of Theology and General Literature (1806-1837), Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Northern Star (1838-1852), Leader (1850-1860), English Woman's Journal (1858-1864), Tomahawk (1867-1870), and Publisher's Circular (1880-1890).
North American Immigrant Letters/Diaries This link opens in a new window
Access to personal narratives including several thousand indexed and searchable pages of Ellis Island Oral History interviews, starting around 1840 to the present, focusing on 1920 to 1980.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
Letters and diaries from colonial times to 1950 plus journal articles, pamphlets, newsletters, monographs, and conference proceedings
ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new window
Congressional materials from 1789 to now.
Readers' Guide Retrospective 1890-1982 This link opens in a new window
Indexing includes full coverage of the original print volumes of Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature™.
Readex All Search This link opens in a new window
Allows students and scholars to search seamlessly across all Readex digital collections available at their institution.
Slave Societies Digital Archive This link opens in a new window
Endangered archival materials documenting the history of Africans and their descendants in the Atlantic World.
Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA) This link opens in a new window
Digital archive of travel guides, museum catalogs, travel narratives, photographic and hand-drawn images of Egypt, and historical maps of Egypt and Cyprus.

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International Studies

Course specific information in International StudiesResearch Guides.

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) This link opens in a new window
Materials related to international affairs, starting from 1991, including working papers from universities and NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
Country Commercial Guides This link opens in a new window
Published annually by U.S. embassies with several U.S. government agencies, present economic, political and market analyses of countries' commercial environments.
Duolingo This link opens in a new window
Provides free lessons to learn 23 different languages.
Latin American Newspapers: Series I This link opens in a new window
Provides more than 35 newspapers published between 1805 and 1922 from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and elsewhere in Latin America.
Latin American Pamphlet Digital Collection This link opens in a new window
Access to scarce and unique Latin American pamphlets published during the 19th and the early 20th centuries, documenting the emergence of the Latin American colonies as independent states.
Middle Eastern & North African Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Provides unique insights into the history of individual countries, as well as broad viewpoints on key historic events from the late nineteenth century through the present.
Montaigne Project, The This link opens in a new window
Full-text of the Villey edition of Montaigne's Essais with page images from the Bordeaux Copy.
Newspaper Source This link opens in a new window
National & international papers include: The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Times (London), Toronto Star
Regional papers include: The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, The Miami Herald, Daily News (New York), San Jose Mercury News.
Television & radio news transcripts from CBS News, CNN, FOX News, NPR, and others.
Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive survey of the full range of historical, political, theoretical and philosophical issues relating to peace and conflict.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific journals, books and conference proceedings covering fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Taylor & Francis Social Science & Humanities Library This link opens in a new window
Access to peer reviewed journals covering Behavioral Science; Education; Business, Management & Economics; Media, Cultural & Communication Studies; Politics, International Relations; Sociology; Sport, Leisure & Tourism.
Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA) This link opens in a new window
Digital archive of travel guides, museum catalogs, travel narratives, photographic and hand-drawn images of Egypt, and historical maps of Egypt and Cyprus.

United Nations Documents

United Nations Treaty Collection This link opens in a new window
Full-text as well as status of treaties filed with the U.N. Secretary-General.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository This link opens in a new window
Open access repository for international development research articles, reports and books.
World DataBank This link opens in a new window
Analysis and visualization tool for data regarding economic policy and debt, education, environment, financial sector, health, infrastructure, labor, poverty, and trade.
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations (13th ed. 2012) This link opens in a new window
Information on 197 countries and dependencies on topics from banking and securities to climate, from government data to demographic statistics.

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Law & Legal Research

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) This link opens in a new window
Materials related to international affairs, starting from 1991, including working papers from universities and NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America (1789-1791) This link opens in a new window
Collection of all known official and unofficial documents pertaining to the First Federal Congress.
Encyclopedia of Human Rights This link opens in a new window
Coverage of all aspects of human rights theory, practice, law, and history includes major figures, organizations and institutions, human rights events and crises, and human rights norms.
Foreign Law Guide This link opens in a new window
Provides an analysis of the legal systems of approximately 200 countries, plus links to a wide range of conventions and treaties.
Gale Encyclopedia of American Law (3d ed., 2011) This link opens in a new window
Covers today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, and important legal documents.
HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
Access to online research on legal history. Visit HeinOnline LibGuides for tips on searching this database.
Index to Legal Periodicals & Books Full Text (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
Complete coverage of the most important English language legal information, with international coverage of scholarly articles, symposia, jurisdictional surveys, court decisions, legislation, books, book reviews and more.
Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective: 1908-1981 (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
Annual surveys of the laws of a jurisdiction, surveys of the federal courts, yearbooks, annual institutes and reviews of the work in a given field or topic.
Law Library Microform Consortium (LLMC) Digital Law Library This link opens in a new window
Provides access to historical legal publications from non-profit cooperative of libraries dedicated to preserving legal titles and government documents and making digital copies accessible.
Legal Information Institute This link opens in a new window
Legal reference collections in the world, with links to almost every legal topic, constitutions and codes, court opinions, law by source or jurisdiction.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Features news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. For help on how to use Nexis Uni, visit the research guide.
This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
Making of Modern Law (MOML) This link opens in a new window
Access to treatises on early American and British law published from 1800 to 1926.
Old Bailey This link opens in a new window
Proceedings of London's Central Criminal Court from 1674 to 1913.
Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History This link opens in a new window
A legal encyclopedia that includes historical and contemporary comparisons of the world legal systems.
Parry & Grant Encylopaedic Dictionary of International Law This link opens in a new window
Encyclopedia of international law including diplomatic law, criminal law, and human rights.
ProQuest Legislative Insight This link opens in a new window
Select compiled U.S. Congressional legislative histories.
Social Science Research Network (SSRN) This link opens in a new window
Specialized research networks in the social sciences, covering accounting, economics, financial economics, legal scholarship, marketing and management.

Math

Find course specific information in Math Research Guides.

arXiv.org This link opens in a new window
Archive for electronic preprints of scientific papers in the fields of mathematics, physics, astronomy, computer science, quantitative biology, statistics, and quantitative finance.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering the Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.
MathSciNet This link opens in a new window
Providing access to mathematical literature, reviews and bibliographic data from Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications.
Also accessible via EBSCOHost:
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=msn
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Access to peer-reviewed scientific, technical and medical journals.

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Music

Find course specific information in Music Research Guides.

Classical Music Library This link opens in a new window
Streaming access to over classical music recordings. Includes the Music Library Association listing of essential sound recordings.
Grove Music Online This link opens in a new window
Access to articles and biographies from field of music, includes The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.
Digital Theatre Plus This link opens in a new window
Video library of over productions, documentaries, workshops, interviews and analysis.

Early American Secular Music and Its European Sources, 1589–1839
A series of indexes derived from a database of musical information compiled from primary sources covering the 250 years of the initial exploration and settlement of the United States. It consists of over 75,000 entries that are sorted by text, music incipits, with additional indexes of names and theater works.

IMSLP: International Music Score Library Project This link opens in a new window
Contains all public domain musical scores, as well as scores from composers who are willing to share their music without charge.

International Index to Music Periodicals
Indexes 445 international music periodicals from over 20 countries, with full text for 128 journals.
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IIMP covers a comprehensive range of subject areas in both scholarly and popular music journals ranging from International Journal of Music Education, Ethnomusicology, Jazz Education Journal and Musical Times to Rock and Rap Confidential, and Rolling Stone. The database currently includes over 800,000 records, the majority of which index the most recent years of publication. More than 200,000 records in IIMP are from the backfile (up to 1995) and much of this coverage commences at the first issue of the journal run, some starting as early as 1874. Over 30 titles are indexed from first issue to last. IIMP is a dynamic database, with records added on a monthly basis.
International Index to Performing Arts
IIPA is a performing arts journal resource with over half a million indexed articles, plus detailed abstracts and full text from 1864 to the present, covering theatre, dance and film.
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nternational Index to Performing Arts (IIPA) is an unparalleled resource for performing arts on the web, which provides indexing and abstracts for more than 256 international periodicals. The database currently includes over half a million records, the majority of which index articles from 1998 onwards. Around 128,000 records in IIPA are from the backfile (up to 1997) and much of this coverage commences at the first issue of the journal run. IIPA covers a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industry - including dance, film, television, drama, theater, stagecraft, musical theater, circus performance, opera, pantomime, puppetry, magic, performance art and more. IIPA is a dynamic database, with records added on a monthly basis. It will be also be regularly updated with new functionality and features.

International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) Source This link opens in a new window
Library of IPA transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts.
medici.tv This link opens in a new window
Education videos on classical music, opera, and dance, plus live event broadcasts.
Music Index This link opens in a new window
Music periodicals and literature featuring digitized content from 1970 to present.
Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
Over 1.45 million tracks of music from the Naxos and other independent music labels; includes background information.
Naxos Music Library: Jazz This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive collection of recorded Jazz music. Click "log out" icon in top left of screen to end your session.

Open Access Music Journals
A one stop shop for users to open access journals about music, providing links to full-text sites.

Oxford History of Western Music Online This link opens in a new window
Reference work on evolution of Western classical music by Richard Taruskin.
Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
Includes the full texts of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.

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Newspapers and Other News Outlets

More information in News and Newspaper Research Guides

America's Historical Newspapers (“Early American Newspapers, Series 1”) This link opens in a new window
Series I offers more than 700 historical American newspapers from 23 states and the District of Columbia printed between 1690 and 1876
American Prison Newspapers, 1800-2020 : voices from the inside. This link opens in a new window
Over 450 prison newspapers from across the country in one collection representing penal institutions of all kinds, with special attention paid to women's-only institutions.
Capital, The (newspaper 1871-1889) This link opens in a new window
Includes every issue published in volumes 1-9, from March 12, 1871 through February 22, 1880. The Capital is a primary record of the American Reconstruction Period.
Journalist, legislator and Civil War veteran, as a publisher Donn Piatt exercised an undisguised, negative point of view toward the political corruptions within the Grant administration. Piatt did not limit his sardonic commentary to the executive branch, but attacked Congress, the judicial system, religion, civic impropriety, fraud and other social follies. Although The Capital would always remain an outlet for Piatt’s non-partisan excoriations and trenchant humor, it also published essays, stories and poems by prominent contemporary writers such as Bret Harte, Harriet Prescott Spofford, Celia Logan, “Mrs. Grundy,” and Sarah Piatt (wife of Donn Piatt’s cousin, John James Piatt).
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Access to selected newspaper pages from 1836 to 1922. Use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information on newspapers published between 1690-present.
Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
Early American Newspapers, Series 1 This link opens in a new window
Access to more than 700 historical American newspapers from 23 states and the District of Columbia printed between 1690 and 1876.
Economist (Economist.com) This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to The Economist magazine, covering 1997 to present and related web content.
Flipster Digital Magazines This link opens in a new window
Access leading digital magazines on your mobile device with Flipster, the digital magazine newsstand from EBSCO.
Gale News Vault (Historical UK newspapers) This link opens in a new window
Search the Illustrated London News together with The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985.
Illustrated London News Historical Archive 1842-2003 This link opens in a new window
World's first illustrated weekly newspaper, news coverage of British and world events, including war, disasters, royalty, social affairs, the arts and science.
Independent Voices This link opens in a new window
Digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists and the extreme right-wing during the latter half of the 20th century.
Latin American Newspapers: Series I This link opens in a new window
Provides more than 35 newspapers published between 1805 and 1922 from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and elsewhere in Latin America.
Los Angeles Sentinel (ProQuest Historical Black Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
Includes full-text of the Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper from 1934 to 2005.
Los Angeles Times This link opens in a new window
Indexing and full-text access to the Los Angeles Times. Covers 1985 to current date.
Los Angeles Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
Every issue from 1881-1990 with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF.
Malibu Times Collection This link opens in a new window
The longest running newspaper in Malibu, California. Digital collection currently covers 1946-2010s.
Middle Eastern & North African Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Provides unique insights into the history of individual countries, as well as broad viewpoints on key historic events from the late nineteenth century through the present.
Newspaper Source This link opens in a new window
National & international papers include: The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Times (London), Toronto Star
Regional papers include: The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, The Miami Herald, Daily News (New York), San Jose Mercury News.
Television & radio news transcripts from CBS News, CNN, FOX News, NPR, and others.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Features news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. For help on how to use Nexis Uni, visit the research guide.
This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
Readers' Guide Retrospective 1890-1982 This link opens in a new window
Indexing includes full coverage of the original print volumes of Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature™.
Regional Business News This link opens in a new window
Regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
Richmond Daily Dispatch This link opens in a new window
All issues of this American Civil War-era newspaper from November 1860 through December 1865.
Student Activism This link opens in a new window
Primary sources documenting the history of student organizing in the U.S.
Times Digital Archive (1785 - 1985) This link opens in a new window
Complete digital edition of The Times (London), including all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos.
U.S. Major Dailies (ProQuest Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
Access to The New York Times (1980 - present), Washington Post (1987 - present), Los Angeles Times (1985 - present), Chicago Tribune, (1985 - present), and Wall Street Journal (1984 - present).

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Nutrition

Find course specific information in Nutrition Research Guides.

PubMed This link opens in a new window
Access to biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books from the National Library of Medicine.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Access to peer-reviewed scientific, technical and medical journals.
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.
SciFinder Scholar (web) This link opens in a new window
Online access to databases, including Chemical Abstracts, Registry, CASREACT, CHEMLIST, CHEMCAT, and MEDLINE.
Users must register to use SciFinder Scholar.
This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
Ovid This link opens in a new window
Access to: Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders; British Journal of Sports Medicine; Exercise & Sport Sciences Reviews; Family & Community Health; Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease; Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise; Nutrition Today; Strength & Conditioning Journal; Topics in Clinical Nutrition
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
The American Psychological Association’s (APA) resource of peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health.
SpringerLink This link opens in a new window
Access to journals and e-books published by Springer Nature in life and behavioral sciences.
Medline This link opens in a new window
Medicine, nursing, dentistry and the pre-clinical sciences research, includes bibliographic citations and author abstracts US and international journals.
JAMA : Journal of the American Medical Association This link opens in a new window
JAMA, published continuously since 1883, is an international peer-reviewed general medical journal published 48 times per year.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific journals, books and conference proceedings covering fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
SPORTDiscus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Bibliographic and full text coverage of sport, fitness and related disciplines.
MedlinePlus This link opens in a new window
Created by the US National Library of Medicine, medical research and updates for consumers.

Philosophy

Find course specific information in Philosophy Research Guides.

Philosopher's Index This link opens in a new window
Abstracts from books and journals in areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic, plus philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language.
Philosophy Compass This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journal covering entire discipline of philosophy.
PhilPapers This link opens in a new window
Index, bibliography and open access archive of philosophy journals, books, open access archives, and personal pages.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy This link opens in a new window
Reference work written, reviewed, and maintained by professional philosophers.

Gale Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Clear and accessible presentation of wide-ranging philosophical subjects (10 volume set)
New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
Brings fresh intelligence and a global perspective to bear on timeless questions about the individual and society.

Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG) This link opens in a new window
Greek literary texts from Homer to the fall of Byzantium in AD 1453. Users and visitors must create an account with a user name and password to access the TLG site.
Terms and conditions for access to the TLG is granted (including limitations on access or use).
Loeb Classical Library This link opens in a new window
Greek and Latin texts with English translations.
Packard Humanities Institute Greek Inscriptions Database This link opens in a new window
Search ancient Greek inscriptions and papyri held at Duke University, the University of Michigan and Cornell University. Unicode 4 is used to display the Greek characters and the keyboard emulates an Ibycus keyboard.
Must accept Terms of Use for access.
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL) This link opens in a new window
Open Access PDF version of the previously published volumes A - M and O - P.

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Political Science

Find course specific information in Political Science Research Guides.

Academic Search Complete
Provides full text coverage of over 2,050 journals, including nearly 1,500 peer-reviewed titles in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education and more. Full-text coverage back to 1985.

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) This link opens in a new window
Materials related to international affairs, starting from 1991, including working papers from universities and NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Provides professionally fact-checked and footnoted reports on the most current and controversial issues of the day.
Digital National Security Archive This link opens in a new window
Documents central to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945, compiled by top scholars and experts.
Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy (2d ed. 2002) This link opens in a new window
Essays by subject experts on foreign policy concepts and doctrines, policymaking, commerce and science, human rights and arms control.
Foreign Affairs This link opens in a new window
Electronic journal provided by The Council on Foreign Relations on international politics and other issues.
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America (3d ed., 2014) This link opens in a new window
Entries on specific cultural and ethnoreligious groups in the U.S., with an emphasis on religions, holidays, customs, language, historical background and settlement patterns.
Green FILE This link opens in a new window
Articles on the environment and its connection to a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.
ICPSR Direct This link opens in a new window
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research collection of social science data. First time users will be asked to create an ICPSR MyData account.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering the Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.
Latin American Pamphlet Digital Collection This link opens in a new window
Access to scarce and unique Latin American pamphlets published during the 19th and the early 20th centuries, documenting the emergence of the Latin American colonies as independent states.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Features news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. For help on how to use Nexis Uni, visit the research guide.
This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive survey of the full range of historical, political, theoretical and philosophical issues relating to peace and conflict.
Politics in America (2018 edition) This link opens in a new window
CQ Roll Call's information on members of the U.S. Congress and their districts, including profiles, constituency data, apportionment, and redistricting.
ProCon.org This link opens in a new window
Non-biased pros and cons of debatable issues, plus reference information relevant to those issues.
ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new window
Congressional materials from 1789 to now.
RefWorks (New Version)
Note: Access to RefWorks ended in January 2022. It is possible to migrate your references from RefWorks to your new citation manager system.
Statista This link opens in a new window
Statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources, includes access to the Global Consumer Survey .
Statistical Abstract of the United States This link opens in a new window
Summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the U.S. from the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and other Federal agencies and private organizations.
United Nations Treaty Collection This link opens in a new window
Full-text as well as status of treaties filed with the U.N. Secretary-General.
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations (13th ed. 2012) This link opens in a new window
Information on 197 countries and dependencies on topics from banking and securities to climate, from government data to demographic statistics.

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Psychology

Find course specific information in Psychology (Seaver College) Research Guides.

American Psychological Association e-Books 2010-2015 This link opens in a new window
Includes access to the APA Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, APA Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology, APA Handbook of Testing and Assessment in Psychology, and APA Addiction Syndrome Handbook.
Cabell's Journalytics This link opens in a new window
Helps authors locate journals that might publish their article by providing information about journal submission guidelines, acceptance rates, review process and other pertinent information.
Child Welfare Information Gateway This link opens in a new window
A service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, covers topics from prevention to permanency, including child welfare, child abuse and neglect, and adoption.
Dissertations & Theses Global (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Doctoral dissertations and master's theses, from 1743 to the present. Full text for most dissertations since 1997.
Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development This link opens in a new window
Presents the major theories, key concepts, disorders, and evidence-based practices of the field.
Health Source: Consumer Edition This link opens in a new window
Access to consumer health magazines, pamphlets and reference books, including those by People's Medical Society, Clinical Reference Systems reports (in English and Spanish) and Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary.
Health Source : Nursing/Academic Edition This link opens in a new window
Scholarly full-text journals, dating back to 1975, focusing on medical disciplines.
Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong, including full text from Creative Nursing, Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Journal of Community Health Nursing, Journal of Nursing Management, Nursing Ethics, Nursing Forum, Nursing Inquiry, and many more. In addition, this database includes Lexi-PAL Drug Guide.
Medline This link opens in a new window
Medicine, nursing, dentistry and the pre-clinical sciences research, includes bibliographic citations and author abstracts US and international journals.
Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive guide to contemporary testing instruments in areas of psychology, education, business, and leadership.
First published by Oscar K. Buros, the MMY series allows users to make knowledgeable judgments and informed selection decisions about the increasingly complex world of testing. MMY provides coverage from Volume 1 to the present. Produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska, Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. TIP provides vital information to users including test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s).
OpenDissertations This link opens in a new window
Open-access database of dissertations and theses from the early 20th century to now.
PILOTS (Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress) This link opens in a new window
Index of worldwide literature on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health consequences of exposure to traumatic events.
Coverage includes assessment, prevention, treatment, mental health services, and more. Its goal is to include citations to all literature on PTSD and other forms of traumatic stress and to offer both current and retrospective coverage. Coverage spans 1871 to the present; the database is updated monthly.
PsyArXiv This link opens in a new window
Preprint repository for psychological sciences.
PsycARTICLES This link opens in a new window
From the American Psychological Association (APA), full text, peer-reviewed scholarly articles in psychology from 1894 to the present.
PsycCRITIQUES (via Portico) This link opens in a new window
Reviews of psychology related books, films, and videos, discontinued as of December 31, 2017.
PsychiatryOnline This link opens in a new window
Portal featuring DSM-V-TR, plus a collection of psychiatric references and journals from American Psychiatric Publishing, self-assessment tools, and clinical & research news.
Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing (PEP Web) This link opens in a new window
Articles from psychoanalytic journals from 1920 to 2009 plus the Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud.
Psychotherapy.net Full Collection This link opens in a new window
Counseling and therapy streaming videos.
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
The American Psychological Association’s (APA) resource of peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health.
PsycTests This link opens in a new window
Descriptive summaries, full text, and relevant citations on the development and assessment of tests and measures used in research and teaching.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Access to biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books from the National Library of Medicine.
RefWorks (New Version)
Note: Access to RefWorks ended in January 2022. It is possible to migrate your references from RefWorks to your new citation manager system.
Sage Journals Online This link opens in a new window
Access to the full text journals in Business, Communication, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Access to peer-reviewed scientific, technical and medical journals.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific journals, books and conference proceedings covering fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
SpringerLink This link opens in a new window
Access to journals and e-books published by Springer Nature in life and behavioral sciences.
Statista This link opens in a new window
Statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources, includes access to the Global Consumer Survey .
Taylor & Francis Social Science & Humanities Library This link opens in a new window
Access to peer reviewed journals covering Behavioral Science; Education; Business, Management & Economics; Media, Cultural & Communication Studies; Politics, International Relations; Sociology; Sport, Leisure & Tourism.
Therapedia A-Z: Encyclopedia of Mental Health This link opens in a new window
Mental health encyclopedia and companion to the DSM-5.

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Public Policy

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides full text coverage to peer-reviewed titles in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education and more.
America: History and Life This link opens in a new window
Access to scholarly journals, dissertations and book and media reviews about U.S. and Canadian history and culture. Coverage for some titles back to the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Strong English-language journal coverage is balanced by an international perspective on topics and events, including abstracts in English of articles published in more than 40 languages.
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) This link opens in a new window
Materials related to international affairs, starting from 1991, including working papers from universities and NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Provides professionally fact-checked and footnoted reports on the most current and controversial issues of the day.
Digital National Security Archive This link opens in a new window
Documents central to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945, compiled by top scholars and experts.
Dissertations & Theses Global (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Doctoral dissertations and master's theses, from 1743 to the present. Full text for most dissertations since 1997.
EconLit This link opens in a new window
Covers all areas related to economics.
EconPapers This link opens in a new window
Access to RePEc collection of on-line Economics working papers, journal articles, e-books, book chapters, and software. Does not contain full-text journal articles.
Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy (2d ed. 2002) This link opens in a new window
Essays by subject experts on foreign policy concepts and doctrines, policymaking, commerce and science, human rights and arms control.
Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research (FRASER) This link opens in a new window
Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis links to scanned images of historical economic statistical publications, releases, and documents.
Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) This link opens in a new window
A database with over hundreds of thousands of economic data time series from national, international, public, and private sources.
Foreign Affairs This link opens in a new window
Electronic journal provided by The Council on Foreign Relations on international politics and other issues.
Gallup Poll Briefing This link opens in a new window
Weekly online news publication on the opinions and issues Gallup is investigating in government, in the workplace, in schools, in hospitals, and in faith communities.
GPO — Federal Digital System This link opens in a new window
[Formerly GPO Access] A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office providing free electronic access to the information products produced by the Federal Government.
Green FILE This link opens in a new window
Articles on the environment and its connection to a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.
HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
Access to online research on legal history. Visit HeinOnline LibGuides for tips on searching this database.
ICPSR Direct This link opens in a new window
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research collection of social science data. First time users will be asked to create an ICPSR MyData account.
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) This link opens in a new window
Census and survey data from around the world for integrated and comparative research. Must create a free account profile to create data sets.
International Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Index and abstracts from political science periodicals published throughout the world since 2007.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering the Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Features news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. For help on how to use Nexis Uni, visit the research guide.
This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
NBER Working Papers This link opens in a new window
Pre-print (not yet peer-reviewed) research from the National Bureau of Economic Research, a private non-profit engaged in quantitative analysis of the American economy.
OECD Working Papers This link opens in a new window
Working papers & international research from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Passport (formerly Global Market Information Database) This link opens in a new window
Business intelligence on countries, consumers and industries from Euromonitor International. Historic data from 1997 plus up-to-date forecast models. This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
ProCon.org This link opens in a new window
Non-biased pros and cons of debatable issues, plus reference information relevant to those issues.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Full-text current and archival articles from scholarly journals covering literature and criticism, history, performing arts, cultural studies, education, philosophy, political science, gender studies, and more.
ProQuest Legislative Insight This link opens in a new window
Select compiled U.S. Congressional legislative histories.
Rand Corp. Publications This link opens in a new window
Research reports on Children and Families, Education and the Arts, Energy and Environment, Health Care, Infrastructure and Transportation, International Affairs, Law and Business, National Security, Public Safety, Science and Technology.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Access to peer-reviewed scientific, technical and medical journals.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific journals, books and conference proceedings covering fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Social Science Research Network (SSRN) This link opens in a new window
Specialized research networks in the social sciences, covering accounting, economics, financial economics, legal scholarship, marketing and management.
Statista This link opens in a new window
Statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources, includes access to the Global Consumer Survey .
Statistical Abstract of the United States This link opens in a new window
Summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the U.S. from the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and other Federal agencies and private organizations.
United Nations Treaty Collection This link opens in a new window
Full-text as well as status of treaties filed with the U.N. Secretary-General.
Policy Research Working Papers (Open Knowledge Repository) This link opens in a new window
Policy research working papers and pre-prints (not yet peer-reviewed).
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository This link opens in a new window
Open access repository for international development research articles, reports and books.

Religion

Find course specific information in Religion Research Guides.

Accordance Bible Software
Located in ACE on Macs 209, 210, 211, & 212. Accordance equips you with original language tools, interactive 3D maps, a dynamic interlinear, drag-and-drop graphical searching, and a host of other tools.

Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries This link opens in a new window
Includes a book-by-book translation and exegesis of the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Apocrypha.
American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection This link opens in a new window
Digital access to the most comprehensive collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912.
Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary This link opens in a new window
Up-to-date and comprehensive treatment of biblical subjects, concepts and topics.
Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) This link opens in a new window
Free access to the most authoritative religion statistics, data, and church membership reports from around the world.
Atla Religion Database This link opens in a new window
Includes theology and religious journals reflecting all major faiths, denominations and language groups, plus book reviews, essays, ministry reports and multimedia citations. Collection dates to 1949.
Bible in English This link opens in a new window
Twenty different versions of the English Bible, including 12 full Bibles, five New Testament texts, two versions of the Gospels only, and William Tyndale's translations of the Pentateuch, Jonah, and the New Testament.
Biblical Archaeology Society Online Archive This link opens in a new window
Contains the Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR) dating back to 1985.
Bloomsbury Religion in North America (BRINA) This link opens in a new window
Covering North America’s diverse religious traditions, provides peer-reviewed information on religious studies, anthropology of religion, sociology of religion, and history.
Brill Publishing Online This link opens in a new window
Includes titles in the area of Humanities & Social Sciences, International Law, and Biology & Sciences from 2000 to 2016, plus e-book collections:
Asian Studies, 2007-2014; Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East, and Early Christianity, 2007-2014 Classical Studies, 2007-2014 Middle East and Islamic Studies, 2007-2014 Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy, 2007-2014
Database of Religious History This link opens in a new window
An independent academic initiative, based at University of British Columbia, concerning the history of religions, and cultural history, around the world.
Dissertations & Theses Global (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Doctoral dissertations and master's theses, from 1743 to the present. Full text for most dissertations since 1997.
Encyclopaedia Judaica (2d ed. 2007) This link opens in a new window
Overview of Jewish life and knowledge from the Second Temple period to the contemporary State of Israel.

Encyclopedia of American Religions (7th ed. 2003)
Contains general essays that historically trace the major religious families and traditions, as well as directory listings that include contact and descriptive information on individual churches, religious bodies, and spiritual groups.

Encyclopedia of Religion (2d ed. 2005) This link opens in a new window
Access to cross-cultural approach that emphasizes religion's role within everyday life and as a unique experience from culture to culture.
Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (EBR) This link opens in a new window
Entries on the Bible and its origins, development, and influence.
Hymnary.org This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive index of over 1 million hymn texts, hymn tunes, and hymnals.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering the Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.
Loeb Classical Library This link opens in a new window
Greek and Latin texts with English translations.
New Catholic Encyclopedia (2d ed 2003) This link opens in a new window
Entries on persons and subjects related to Catholicism and the humanities, includes biographies of contemporary religious figures, photos, maps, and illustrations.
New Testament Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Article, book and biblical software abstracts pertaining to the New Testament, dating back to 1985.
Each year an additional 2,000 articles from more than 500 periodicals in numerous languages are selected for inclusion. In addition, approximately 900 current books are also summarized annually.
Old Testament Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Abstracts for journal articles and books related to Old Testament studies, covering antiquities, archaeology, biblical theology, philology and more, coverage back to 1978.
Open Access Digital Theological Library (OADTL) This link opens in a new window
Open access content in religious studies and related disciplines.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new window
Information on social issues including articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, interactive maps, videos, and streaming audio.
Packard Humanities Institute Greek Inscriptions Database This link opens in a new window
Search ancient Greek inscriptions and papyri held at Duke University, the University of Michigan and Cornell University. Unicode 4 is used to display the Greek characters and the keyboard emulates an Ibycus keyboard.
Must accept Terms of Use for access.
Perseus Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Resources focused on Greco-Roman world and classical Greek and Latin archaeology, atlas, texts and translations, text tools and lexica. Also includes Arabic, Germanic, 19th-century American, Renaissance, and Italian texts.
Philosopher's Index This link opens in a new window
Abstracts from books and journals in areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic, plus philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language.
Restoration Serials Index This link opens in a new window
Index to serials and lectureships published by the Christian College Librarians since 1975.
Statista This link opens in a new window
Statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources, includes access to the Global Consumer Survey .
Theological Commons (Princeton Theological Seminary) This link opens in a new window
Digital library of public domain books, periodicals, audio recordings and special collections on theology and religion.
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG) This link opens in a new window
Greek literary texts from Homer to the fall of Byzantium in AD 1453. Users and visitors must create an account with a user name and password to access the TLG site.
Terms and conditions for access to the TLG is granted (including limitations on access or use).
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL) This link opens in a new window
Open Access PDF version of the previously published volumes A - M and O - P.

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Physics

Find course specific information in the Physics Research Guides.

American Men and Women of Science 31st ed. This link opens in a new window
Covers over 140,000 living scientists, providing birthdate; birthplace; field of specialty; education; honorary degrees; current position; professional and career information; awards; memberships; research information; and addresses.
arXiv.org This link opens in a new window
Archive for electronic preprints of scientific papers in the fields of mathematics, physics, astronomy, computer science, quantitative biology, statistics, and quantitative finance.
National Academies Press This link opens in a new window
PDFs of books in the physical and social sciences published by National Academies Press since 1980. Includes full-text searching capabilities.
Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) This link opens in a new window
Research results from Dept. of Energy funding primarily in physics, also including chemistry, biology and life sciences, materials science, nuclear sciences and engineering, energy research, computer and information technologies.
PLoS (Public Library of Science) This link opens in a new window
Open-access, peer-reviewed journals across all areas of science and medicine.
Science (AAAS) This link opens in a new window
Peer-reviewed articles, original research reports, news sections, editorials, and special issues devoted to science-related topics.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Access to peer-reviewed scientific, technical and medical journals.
SciTech Connect This link opens in a new window
Electronic, full-text reports processed by the U.S. Department of Energy, topics include physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environment, energy, engineering, computer and information science, and renewable energy.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific journals, books and conference proceedings covering fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
SpringerLink This link opens in a new window
Access to journals and e-books published by Springer Nature in life and behavioral sciences.
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository This link opens in a new window
Open access repository for international development research articles, reports and books.

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Sociology and Social Work

Find course specific information in Sociology Research Guides.

Child Welfare Information Gateway This link opens in a new window
A service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, covers topics from prevention to permanency, including child welfare, child abuse and neglect, and adoption.
Encyclopedia of Sociology (2d ed. 2001) This link opens in a new window
Includes articles covering core issues such as race, poverty, violence, economics, pregnancy and abortion, the Internet, privacy and epidemiology.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering the Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new window
Information on social issues including articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, interactive maps, videos, and streaming audio.
PsycARTICLES This link opens in a new window
From the American Psychological Association (APA), full text, peer-reviewed scholarly articles in psychology from 1894 to the present.
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
The American Psychological Association’s (APA) resource of peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health.
SocArXiv This link opens in a new window
Open archive of working papers, preprints, and published papers in the social sciences.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Access to peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, dissertations and conference papers in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
Statista This link opens in a new window
Statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources, includes access to the Global Consumer Survey .
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository This link opens in a new window
Open access repository for international development research articles, reports and books.

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Theatre Arts

Find course specific information in Theatre Arts Research Guides.

National Theatre Collection This link opens in a new window
Streaming video of world-class productions and unique archival material offering insight into theatre and performance studies.
Digital Theatre Plus This link opens in a new window
Video library of over productions, documentaries, workshops, interviews and analysis.
Internet Shakespeare Editions This link opens in a new window
Open-access, peer-reviewed resources, including full text plays & poems, information on the life and times of Shakespeare, production information, and recent reviews of Shakespeare performances.
Shakespeare Survey This link opens in a new window
Yearbook of Shakespeare studies, productions, reviews and criticism. Each volume is devoted to a theme, or play, or group of plays.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering the Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.
Taylor & Francis Social Science & Humanities Library This link opens in a new window
Access to peer reviewed journals covering Behavioral Science; Education; Business, Management & Economics; Media, Cultural & Communication Studies; Politics, International Relations; Sociology; Sport, Leisure & Tourism.
Sage Journals Online This link opens in a new window
Access to the full text journals in Business, Communication, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.
Biography in Context This link opens in a new window
Biographical information on more than 528,000 people throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
Some 50,000 new and/or updated biographies are added each year, as well as daily status updates of existing subjects
Art Full Text This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive, international resource covering fine, decorative and commercial art, as well as photography, folk art, film, and architecture.
Full-text articles from more than 300 periodicals dating back to 1995
High-quality indexing and abstracting of over 600 periodicals dating as far back as 1984, including 280 peer-reviewed journals
Indexing and abstracting of over 13,000 art dissertations
Indexing of nearly 200,000 art reproductions
America: History and Life This link opens in a new window
Access to scholarly journals, dissertations and book and media reviews about U.S. and Canadian history and culture. Coverage for some titles back to the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Strong English-language journal coverage is balanced by an international perspective on topics and events, including abstracts in English of articles published in more than 40 languages.
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Annotated bibliographic citations to articles and book reviews plus index of journals on history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding U.S. and Canada). Multilingual resource.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Coverage is international and includes literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing.
In addition, the MLA Directory of Periodicals and their proprietary thesaurus used to assign descriptors within the Bibliography are included.
Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
Provides up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and around the world.

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Women's & Gender Studies

Find course specific information in Women's & Gender Studies Research Guides.

Gender Watch This link opens in a new window
Academic journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, booklets, and reports focused on women and gender issues. Some archival material as far back as 1974.
America: History and Life This link opens in a new window
Access to scholarly journals, dissertations and book and media reviews about U.S. and Canadian history and culture. Coverage for some titles back to the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Strong English-language journal coverage is balanced by an international perspective on topics and events, including abstracts in English of articles published in more than 40 languages.
American Prison Newspapers, 1800-2020 : voices from the inside. This link opens in a new window
Over 450 prison newspapers from across the country in one collection representing penal institutions of all kinds, with special attention paid to women's-only institutions.
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Annotated bibliographic citations to articles and book reviews plus index of journals on history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding U.S. and Canada). Multilingual resource.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering the Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Provides online access to the full-text of over 300 scholarly journals.
Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
Access to encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
An index of journal articles, books, and dissertations, the electronic version of the Bibliography dates back to 1963 and contains over 1.8 million citations from more than 4,400 journals and series and 1,000 book publishers. Coverage is international and subjects include literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing.
In addition, the MLA Directory of Periodicals and their proprietary thesaurus used to assign descriptors within the Bibliography are included.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository This link opens in a new window
Open access repository for international development research articles, reports and books.
Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index This link opens in a new window
Covers journal articles, book reviews, and books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
Letters and diaries from colonial times to 1950 plus journal articles, pamphlets, newsletters, monographs, and conference proceedings
North American Immigrant Letters/Diaries This link opens in a new window
Access to personal narratives including several thousand indexed and searchable pages of Ellis Island Oral History interviews, starting around 1840 to the present, focusing on 1920 to 1980.
Accessible Archives This link opens in a new window
Primary source material from 18th and 19th century including historical periodicals and books; eyewitness accounts of historical events, descriptions of daily life, business advertisements, and genealogical records.
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans 1639-1800 This link opens in a new window
Historical books, pamphlets and broadsides from 17th and 18th century America.
British Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Provides page images and searchable full text for approximately 500 British periodicals published from the 17th through the early 20th centuries (1681-1920).
Victorian Women Writers Project This link opens in a new window
Access to poetry, novels, children's books, political pamphlets, religious tracts, histories, and more of lesser-known British women writers of the 19th century.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific journals, books and conference proceedings covering fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.

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Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

American National Biography This link opens in a new window
Access to portraits of more than 18,700 men and women, updated quarterly, features hyperlinked articles from The Oxford Companion to United States History.
Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary This link opens in a new window
Up-to-date and comprehensive treatment of biblical subjects, concepts and topics.
Biography in Context This link opens in a new window
Biographical information on more than 528,000 people throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
Some 50,000 new and/or updated biographies are added each year, as well as daily status updates of existing subjects
College Blue Book (2016) This link opens in a new window
Guide to thousands of 2- and 4-year schools in the U.S. and Canada. Covers the expected listings and detailed descriptions, degree programs offered, scholarships, and occupational education programs.
Dictionary of National Biography This link opens in a new window
Articles on notable people who shaped British history worldwide, from the 4th century BC to the year 2012.
Encyclopaedia Judaica (2d ed. 2007) This link opens in a new window
Overview of Jewish life and knowledge from the Second Temple period to the contemporary State of Israel.
Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy (2d ed. 2002) This link opens in a new window
Essays by subject experts on foreign policy concepts and doctrines, policymaking, commerce and science, human rights and arms control.
Encyclopedia of American Religions (7th ed. 2003) This link opens in a new window
Essays tracing the major religious families and traditions, plus directory of individual churches, religious bodies, and spiritual groups.
Encyclopedia of American Studies This link opens in a new window
Articles and bibliographies related to the history and cultures of the United States, from pre-colonial days to the present.
Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development This link opens in a new window
Presents the major theories, key concepts, disorders, and evidence-based practices of the field.
Encyclopedia of Communication Theory This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive overview of contemporary communication theory.
International Encyclopedia of Health Communication This link opens in a new window
Entries include risk and crisis communication, legal and ethical considerations, biological approaches to healthcare communication, assessment tools, and communication strategies for specific diseases and illnesses.
Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural Psychology This link opens in a new window
Information relating to the fields of cross-cultural, cultural, and indigenous psychology.
Encyclopedia of Human Rights This link opens in a new window
Coverage of all aspects of human rights theory, practice, law, and history includes major figures, organizations and institutions, human rights events and crises, and human rights norms.
Encyclopedia of Philosophy This link opens in a new window
Entries on wide-ranging philosophical topics plus biographical entries on notable thinkers in field of philosophy.
Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.) This link opens in a new window
Entries cover all genres and periods of popular music from 1900 to the present day.
Encyclopedia of Race & Racism This link opens in a new window
Examines the anthropological, sociological, historical, economic, and scientific theories of race and racism in the modem era.
Encyclopedia of Religion (2d ed. 2005) This link opens in a new window
Access to cross-cultural approach that emphasizes religion's role within everyday life and as a unique experience from culture to culture.
Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (EBR) This link opens in a new window
Entries on the Bible and its origins, development, and influence.
Encyclopedia of Victorian Literature This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive, scholarly, authoritative, and critical overview of literature and theory comprising individual titles covering key literary genres, periods, and sub-disciplines.
Gale Encyclopedia of American Law (3d ed., 2011) This link opens in a new window
Covers today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, and important legal documents.
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America (3d ed., 2014) This link opens in a new window
Entries on specific cultural and ethnoreligious groups in the U.S., with an emphasis on religions, holidays, customs, language, historical background and settlement patterns.
Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology This link opens in a new window
Clear and accessible presentation of wide-ranging psychological topics
Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
Access to encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Grove Encyclopedia of American Art (GEAA) This link opens in a new window
Entries on all aspects of American art and architecture from Native American art to Colonial art to contemporary American art.
Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts This link opens in a new window
Entries covering thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western cultures including the qualities and historical uses of materials and definitions on art forms and styles.
Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture This link opens in a new window
Covers all aspects of Islamic art and architecture ranging from the Middle East to Africa to Central, South, and East Asia, includes entries on artists, rulers, writers, ceramics, sculpture, metalwork, painting, calligraphy, textiles, and more.
Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques This link opens in a new window
Historical and current uses of materials and techniques in a wide range of areas from painting and sculpture to non-traditional media such as digital and video art.
Coverage includes materials in art practice (e.g. ink, enamel, digital materials); materials in conservation (e.g. adhesives); classes of artifacts (e.g. wallpaper, mosaic, ceramic); techniques and methods (e.g. book binding, gilding, printing, weaving), terms (e.g. rustication), tools (e.g. easel, laser), theory (e.g. technical examination, conservation controversies), fakes & forgeries, and conservation theorists and practitioners.
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, 2d. ed. This link opens in a new window
Revised and updated edition incorporates recent developments in the animal world.
International Encyclopedia of Communication Online This link opens in a new window
Coverage of theories, media and communication phenomena, research methods, problems, concepts, and geographical areas.
International Encyclopedia of Health Communication This link opens in a new window
Entries include risk and crisis communication, legal and ethical considerations, biological approaches to healthcare communication, assessment tools, and communication strategies for specific diseases and illnesses.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy This link opens in a new window
Access to peer-reviewed reference source.
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Families, Marriages, and Intimate Relationships This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary reference on families, marriages, and intimate relationships.
New Catholic Encyclopedia (2d ed 2003) This link opens in a new window
Entries on persons and subjects related to Catholicism and the humanities, includes biographies of contemporary religious figures, photos, maps, and illustrations.
New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online This link opens in a new window
Provides concepts and terms related to economics.
Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
Authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium: the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over more than 600,000 words.
Every three months updates revise existing entries and add new words
Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History This link opens in a new window
A legal encyclopedia that includes historical and contemporary comparisons of the world legal systems.
Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive survey of the full range of historical, political, theoretical and philosophical issues relating to peace and conflict.
Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
Quick reference answers from more than 170 dictionaries and reference titles on subjects such as language, science, medicine, humanities, social science and business, plus the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations and titles from the Oxford Companion series.
Politics in America (2018 edition) This link opens in a new window
CQ Roll Call's information on members of the U.S. Congress and their districts, including profiles, constituency data, apportionment, and redistricting.
World Education Encyclopedia (2d ed. 2001) This link opens in a new window
Access to a country-by-country survey of educational systems of 233 countries.
World Press Encyclopedia: a survey of press systems worldwide This link opens in a new window
2003 survey of press and electronic media which covers nearly 200 countries.

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Ebooks

Pepperdine Libraries has licensed access to over half a million ebooks through a variety of platforms. Use the box below to search across all ebook platforms for relevant titles for your classes and research!

Please visit the Ebooks Infoguide for additional information on using Pepperdine's major ebook platforms.

ACLS Humanities E-Book This link opens in a new window
Foundational books in the humanities and social sciences, selected by scholars.
American Psychological Association e-Books 2010-2015 This link opens in a new window
Includes access to the APA Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, APA Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology, APA Handbook of Testing and Assessment in Psychology, and APA Addiction Syndrome Handbook.
Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries This link opens in a new window
Includes a book-by-book translation and exegesis of the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Apocrypha.
Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary This link opens in a new window
Up-to-date and comprehensive treatment of biblical subjects, concepts and topics.
Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) This link opens in a new window
Discovery tool for Open Access books.
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans 1639-1800 This link opens in a new window
Historical books, pamphlets and broadsides from 17th and 18th century America.
Early English Books This link opens in a new window
Full-text items published in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America, and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473 to 1700.
It contains over 100,000 of the 125,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgraves's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640), Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700), and the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661). The Text Creation Partnership (TCP), is in the process of creating SGML coding for the full text of 25,000 EEBO works, so users can search the full ASCII text of the documents and view both the text and the correspondin original page images.
E-Book Collection (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
A collection of e-books from EBSCOhost.
Flipster Digital Magazines This link opens in a new window
Access leading digital magazines on your mobile device with Flipster, the digital magazine newsstand from EBSCO.
Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
Access to encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Internet Archive This link opens in a new window
Download free fiction, popular books, children's books, historical texts and academic books.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering the Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.
OAPEN Library This link opens in a new window
Freely accessible academic books, mainly in the area of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Overdrive This link opens in a new window
Borrow and read free e-books using your phone, tablet, or computer. This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
ProQuest E-Book Central This link opens in a new window
Includes e-books formerly in Pepperdine's ebrary and EBL collections.This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
ProQuest E-Book Central tutorials This link opens in a new window
How to borrow, download, annotate, and create an online bookshelf using E-Book Central.
SpringerLink This link opens in a new window
Access to a selection of behavioral science books, including the Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders (as well as journals)
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.

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Streaming Video

Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
Streaming video titles spanning subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.
American Archive of Public Broadcasting This link opens in a new window
Discover historic programs of publicly funded radio and television across America.
Digital Theatre Plus This link opens in a new window
Video library of over productions, documentaries, workshops, interviews and analysis.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary collection of curriculum-focused, streaming video titles.
Kanopy Streaming Service This link opens in a new window
An online streaming video service for universities with films, documentaries, and training videos.
medici.tv This link opens in a new window
Education videos on classical music, opera, and dance, plus live event broadcasts.
National Screening Room (Library of Congress) This link opens in a new window
Library of Congress' vast moving image collection, designed to make otherwise unavailable movies, both copyrighted and in the public domain, freely accessible.
National Theatre Collection This link opens in a new window
Streaming video of world-class productions and unique archival material offering insight into theatre and performance studies.
Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing (PEP Web) This link opens in a new window
Articles from psychoanalytic journals from 1920 to 2009 plus the Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud.
Psychotherapy.net Full Collection This link opens in a new window
Counseling and therapy streaming videos.
Selections from the National Film Registry (Library of Congress) This link opens in a new window
Sixty-four motion pictures, named to the Library’s National Film Registry.
Swank Digital Campus This link opens in a new window
Digital access to course-related films. Swank does not currently support Safari on Macs. Please see Swank System Requirements or the Swank help page for more details.

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Primary Sources

Find more information on using Primary Sources and resources broken out by subject in the Primary Sources Research Guide.

American Civil War: Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
Includes detailed firsthand descriptions of historical characters, glimpses of daily life in the army and at home, anecdotes about key events and personages.
American Decades This link opens in a new window
Access to 20th century primary source materials including selected speeches, letters, legal decisions, government documents, lyrics, advertisements, literary scripts, recipes, scrapbooks, and cartoons. Continued in American Decades: 2000-2009.
American Memory Project This link opens in a new window
Digitized archival materials from the Library of Congress, including legal and historical materials.
Archive of American Journalism This link opens in a new window
Articles from major American authors including Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, Ambrose Bierce, H.L. Mencken, Theodore Roosevelt, Ray Stannard Baker, Jack London, Stephen Crane, Henry Stanley, Ida Tarbell and Nellie Bly.
Archive of Folk Culture This link opens in a new window
The Library of Congress American Folklife Center's Archive of Folk Culture; traditional culture from around the world.
Archives of Traditional Music This link opens in a new window
The Archives at Indiana University cover a wide range of cultural and geographical areas, and include commercial and field recordings of vocal and instrumental music, folktales, interviews, and oral history, as well as videotapes, photographs, and manuscripts.
Black Freedom Struggle in the United States: A Selection of Primary Sources (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Selection of 1,600 primary source documents related to critical people and events in African American history.
British Library Online Gallery This link opens in a new window
Provides access to 30,000 items from its collection, as well as locations of thousands of old maps, virtual books, and online exhibitions.
British Library Sound Archive This link opens in a new window
Recordings of music in the western concert tradition, opera and liturgical music, and the pre-Baroque repertories of Western Europe. The collection includes commercial discs, tapes of BBC and other radio broadcasts, test pressings, and rare or unpublished recordings.
British Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Provides page images and searchable full text for approximately 500 British periodicals published from the 17th through the early 20th centuries (1681-1920).
Capital, The (newspaper 1871-1889) This link opens in a new window
Includes every issue published in volumes 1-9, from March 12, 1871 through February 22, 1880. The Capital is a primary record of the American Reconstruction Period.
Journalist, legislator and Civil War veteran, as a publisher Donn Piatt exercised an undisguised, negative point of view toward the political corruptions within the Grant administration. Piatt did not limit his sardonic commentary to the executive branch, but attacked Congress, the judicial system, religion, civic impropriety, fraud and other social follies. Although The Capital would always remain an outlet for Piatt’s non-partisan excoriations and trenchant humor, it also published essays, stories and poems by prominent contemporary writers such as Bret Harte, Harriet Prescott Spofford, Celia Logan, “Mrs. Grundy,” and Sarah Piatt (wife of Donn Piatt’s cousin, John James Piatt).
Digital National Security Archive This link opens in a new window
Documents central to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945, compiled by top scholars and experts.
Digital Newberry: Collections This link opens in a new window
Manuscripts, maps, books, photographs, artworks, and other rare & unique materials from the collections of the Newberry, an independent research library since 1887.
Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America (1789-1791) This link opens in a new window
Collection of all known official and unofficial documents pertaining to the First Federal Congress.
Early American Newspapers, Series 1 This link opens in a new window
Access to more than 700 historical American newspapers from 23 states and the District of Columbia printed between 1690 and 1876.
Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment This link opens in a new window
Personal accounts, such as diaries and letters, of people in North America from 1534-1850, including traders, slaves, missionaries, explorers, soldiers, native peoples, and officials.
Eighteenth-Century Scholarship Online (18thConnect) This link opens in a new window
Information and links to the best primary and secondary texts in 18th century studies available in digital form, either freely on the Web or by subscription.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) This link opens in a new window
Collection of English or foreign-language titles printed in the United Kingdom from 1701-1800, along with thousands of important works from the Americas.
European Views of the Americas, 1493 to 1750 This link opens in a new window
Multilingual, primary source European works relating to the Americas.
Freedom Narratives This link opens in a new window
Autobiographical testimonies and biographical data from the forced migration of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic during the slave trade era from the 16th to the 19th century.
Gender Issues and Sexuality: Essential Primary Sources, 2006 This link opens in a new window
Focus on social issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries including speeches, legislation, magazine and newspaper articles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art.
Harvard University Library: Open Collections Program This link opens in a new window
Harvard's Open Collections Program (OCP) offers virtual collections of thematically linked material selected from numerous Harvard repositories, focusing on historical materials.
Human and Civil Rights: Essential Primary Sources This link opens in a new window
Primary source documents on leading social issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
Immigration and Multiculturalism: Essential Primary Sources This link opens in a new window
Primary source documents on immigration and multiculturalism in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
Latin American Pamphlet Digital Collection This link opens in a new window
Access to scarce and unique Latin American pamphlets published during the 19th and the early 20th centuries, documenting the emergence of the Latin American colonies as independent states.
Los Angeles Sentinel (ProQuest Historical Black Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
Includes full-text of the Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper from 1934 to 2005.
Making of America (Cornell University Library) This link opens in a new window
Primary sources on American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
Malibu Times Collection This link opens in a new window
The longest running newspaper in Malibu, California. Digital collection currently covers 1946-2010s.
Medicine and Madison Avenue This link opens in a new window
Health-related advertisements from 1850 to 1920, illustrating relationship between modern medicine & modern advertising.
National Screening Room (Library of Congress) This link opens in a new window
Library of Congress' vast moving image collection, designed to make otherwise unavailable movies, both copyrighted and in the public domain, freely accessible.
New York Public Library (NYPL) Digital Gallery This link opens in a new window
Free access to digitized images from NYPL's collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, and photos.
North American Immigrant Letters/Diaries This link opens in a new window
Access to personal narratives including several thousand indexed and searchable pages of Ellis Island Oral History interviews, starting around 1840 to the present, focusing on 1920 to 1980.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
Letters and diaries from colonial times to 1950 plus journal articles, pamphlets, newsletters, monographs, and conference proceedings
Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new window
Information on social issues including articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, interactive maps, videos, and streaming audio.
Pepperdine Yearbook Collection This link opens in a new window
A complete and searchable digital collection of the Pepperdine University yearbook from 1939-2006, includes "Crest of a Golden Wave."
Royal Society Journal This link opens in a new window
Historical science papers from the Royal Society, the world’s oldest scientific publisher, includes the first edition of the 1665 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Slave Societies Digital Archive This link opens in a new window
Endangered archival materials documenting the history of Africans and their descendants in the Atlantic World.
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG) This link opens in a new window
Greek literary texts from Homer to the fall of Byzantium in AD 1453. Users and visitors must create an account with a user name and password to access the TLG site.
Terms and conditions for access to the TLG is granted (including limitations on access or use).
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL) This link opens in a new window
Open Access PDF version of the previously published volumes A - M and O - P.
Times Digital Archive (1785 - 1985) This link opens in a new window
Complete digital edition of The Times (London), including all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos.

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Special Collections & University Archives

Malibu Times Collection This link opens in a new window
The longest running newspaper in Malibu, California. Digital collection currently covers 1946-2010s.
Online Archive of California (OAC) This link opens in a new window
Descriptions of primary resource collections maintained by libraries, special collections, archives, historical societies, and museums throughout California and the University of California (UC) campuses.
Pepperdine University Special Collections and University Archives has contributed a number of collections to the OAC.
Pepperdine Digital Commons This link opens in a new window
Open access repository for research and scholarly output by Pepperdine University departments and centers, includesFaculty Open Access Publications, Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Undergraduate Student Research, and Pepperdine Journals.
Pepperdine University Archives Photograph Collection This link opens in a new window
High-resolution digital renditions of thousands of photographic prints, slides, and negatives, capturing the history of Pepperdine University from its 1937 founding to the present.
Pepperdine Yearbook Collection This link opens in a new window
A complete and searchable digital collection of the Pepperdine University yearbook from 1939-2006, includes "Crest of a Golden Wave."

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Social Action And Justice (SAAJ)

Student Activism This link opens in a new window
Primary sources documenting the history of student organizing in the U.S.
Accessible Archives This link opens in a new window
Primary source material from 18th and 19th century including historical periodicals and books; eyewitness accounts of historical events, descriptions of daily life, business advertisements, and genealogical records.
American Prison Newspapers, 1800-2020 : voices from the inside. This link opens in a new window
Over 450 prison newspapers from across the country in one collection representing penal institutions of all kinds, with special attention paid to women's-only institutions.
Black Freedom Struggle in the United States: A Selection of Primary Sources (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Selection of 1,600 primary source documents related to critical people and events in African American history.
Cambridge Journals Online This link opens in a new window
The Cambridge University Press currently publishes 370 peer-reviewed academic journals containing the latest research from a wide range of subject areas. Access is provided to volumes from 2000-2016.
Civil Rights Digital Library (CRDL) This link opens in a new window
Free online access to historical materials, primary sources and educational resources from museums, libraries and archives documenting the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
Encyclopedia of Human Rights This link opens in a new window
Coverage of all aspects of human rights theory, practice, law, and history includes major figures, organizations and institutions, human rights events and crises, and human rights norms.
Gender Issues and Sexuality: Essential Primary Sources, 2006 This link opens in a new window
Focus on social issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries including speeches, legislation, magazine and newspaper articles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art.
Gender Watch This link opens in a new window
Academic journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, booklets, and reports focused on women and gender issues. Some archival material as far back as 1974.
Green FILE This link opens in a new window
Articles on the environment and its connection to a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.
Human and Civil Rights: Essential Primary Sources This link opens in a new window
Primary source documents on leading social issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
Independent Voices This link opens in a new window
Digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists and the extreme right-wing during the latter half of the 20th century.
Policy Commons This link opens in a new window
Reports on urban affairs, agricultural and environmental sciences, economics, social justice, gender equality, international development, sustainability, public health, legal and public policy.
Policy Research Working Papers (Open Knowledge Repository) This link opens in a new window
Policy research working papers and pre-prints (not yet peer-reviewed).

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Databases, E-Resources & E-Journals By Subject